HARIPUR: Five persons, including a married woman, died in different incidents during the last two days, police said on Wednesday.

Sera-i-Saleh police said Gul Naz Bibi, 35, a mother of four children, was killed inside her house in Bagra No 2 village by one Mehboob, also from the same village.

The reason for the murder was a property dispute, the police said.

Separately, an assistant lineman of Peshawar Electric Supply Company was electrocuted while fixing a fault in the main supply line in Jhari Kas area of Hattar tehsil.

Police and family sources said the deceased, Fawad Alam, 24, being a contractual assistant lineman, was not authorised to climb the electricity poles, but on the insistence of his seniors he climbed the pole to restore the supply of a consumer.

Another man was electrocuted in Sector No 2 of Khalabat Township. Police and family said when Mohammad Irshad switched on the button of a water suction pump he suffered an electric shock and died on the spot.

Also, a man drowned in the Tarbela Lake. The deceased was identified as Shams Yousuf, 21.

In yet another incident, Mohammad Umar, 18, died after his motorcycle met an accident in Malikyar village. He was taken to the trauma centre, but could not survive.

Published in Dawn, August 11th, 2022