NAROWAL: A woman died and her husband was critically injured as the roof of their house caved in during a heavy rain in the Sialkot area on Sunday.

Shehzadi (32) and her husband Asif Masih (35), residents of village Khanna, were at home as the rain lashed the area. The roof of their house collapsed and they got buried under the debris. The rescuers reached the spot on the report of the accident and pulled out the injured couple from the debris with the help of the locals.

Rescue 1122 provided first aid to both the injured. They were shifting the injured to the district headquarters (DHQ) hospital when Shehzadi died on the way. Treatment was being provided to her husband, Asif, in the hospital.

According to hospital sources, Asif was out of danger.

ARRESTED: A warder of the District Jail, Sialkot, has been arrested for supplying drugs to the prisoners.

According to the first information report (FIR), registered with the Civil Lines Police Station on the report of Shehryar Tard, the assistant superintendent of the district jail, Muhammad Ramzan, a resident of Muslimganj, Kamonki, Gujranwala, was posted as duty incharge of Drug Block No 6 in the prison. During the duty hours, Ramzan went out of the jail and returned after an hour. During the search, a cream bottle containing heroin was recovered from him.

Shahryar Tard alleged that Ramzan had brought the drug for a prisoner, Wajid alias Soni, serving a jail term for drug smuggling.

Khurram Shehzad, spokesperson of the district police, said the Civil Lines police had booked and arrested Ramzan and.

Published in Dawn, July 18th, 2022