HARIPUR, Aug 15: Two brothers and one of their cousins drowned in the barrage area of the Ghazi Brotha power project here on Monday, police told. According to police, Attaullah, Abdul Rahim and their cousin Inayatur Rehman and a friend Inayatullah of the Right Bank Colony of Tarbela were bathing in the prohibited area of the barrage when they drowned. However, Inayatullah was rescued by the barrage staff while bodies of the other three men were fished out by Wapda divers late in the evening.

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