TOBA TEK SINGH: It is being feared that a boy and two young women drowned in the river Chenab in two separate incidents in Jhang district on Monday.

According to Rescue 1122 officials, two sisters -- Allah Rakhi (20) and Sonia Bibi (16) -- belonging to a gypsy family, were sitting on the river bank at Khullar Awan near Shah Jewna on Jhang-Lalian Road, when suddenly the younger one (Sonia) slipped and fell into the river.

Her elder sister Allah Rakhi also jumped into the river in a bid to rescue Sonai, but both disappeared in the water.

On receiving a call from locals, Rescue 1122 teams reached the spot and started a search operation in the river.

A Rescue 1122 press release on Monday said that all available resources were being used to trace the sisters who could not be found so far.

In the other incident occurring near New Jund bridge over the river on Jhang-Sargodha Road, a 17-year-old boy Usman, a resident of Waris Road, Jhang, was swimming in the river when he disappeared in deep waters.

On being informed of the incident, Rescue 1122 divers reached the spot and launched a search for the boy, who could not be found till filing of this report.

Published in Dawn, August 16th, 2022