NAWABSHAH: Dead body of a seven-year-old boy, who had been missing since morning, was found in a canal in Kandiaro town on Friday. Police removed the body from the canal and shifted it to government hospital for autopsy.

Sources said that police officials were waiting for the post mortem report to take further action in the case.

In another incident, a young boy died when roof of a room in his house collapsed on him in Bhiria Town, Naushahro Feroz district, on Friday.

Family members and neighbours retrieved the body of five-year-old Sameer Abro from the roof’s debris and shifted it to the nearest government hospital for necessary legal formalities.

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2023

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