Boy electrocuted

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DADU: A 12-year-old boy, Ismail Chandio, was electrocuted when he touched an electric pole in Mazdoorabad locality in the city on Tuesday. The bereaved family and relatives carrying his body held a protest demonstration outside the power utility’s office on Katachery Road demanding action against it.

Published in Dawn, May 19th, 2021

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