TOBA TEK SINGH: One person was electrocuted and another wounded when they suffered electricity shock after they accidentally touched live electric wires in Faisalabad’s Chak 192 JB, Lakarwala, on Tuesday.

Rescue 1122 reported that electrician Akhtar Rasool was at work at an under-construction house while house owner Rizwan Shafiq was helping him when suddenly they touched a live wire. Akhtar died while Rizwan was shifted to the Faisalabad DHQ hospital in critical condition.

Also, a female body was found floating on Tuesday in the Jhang branch canal at Faisalabad in Chak 16 JB Panahwala.

Witnesses said that there were multiple torture marks on the body. Rescue 1122 staffers handed over the body to the Sahianwala police and police shifted it to Chak Jhumra THQ hospital for autopsy.

PROTEST: Scores of people belonging to gypsy families blocked Faisalabad-Multan Road at Pirmahal on Tuesday night to protest against policemen who injured a woman.

They made the injured woman sit at the intersection and threw traffic out of gear on Kamalia Bypass Road.

They said police first picked up two men from their area near B Block without any reason and then tortured some gypsies who were protesting against the illegal action. They said a woman was severely wounded.

Meanwhile, the district police spokesperson claimed that Dolphin Squad took two suspects Yasir Iqbal of B Block and Abdul Jabbar of Chak 315-JB into custody.

The gypsies attacked them to free the men and a woman was injured during the scuffle.

Published in Dawn, July 6th, 2022