ISLAMABAD, Aug 15: Five persons drowned in Kurang Nullah in separate incidents when spillway of Rawal Dam was opened, while two women died in different incidents during last 48 hours, police said here on Tuesday.

In the first incident, two persons drowned in Kurang Nullah while fishing, some three kilometres from Rawal Dam, in the jurisdiction of Shahzad Town Police Station.

The police said Shahzad Akber and Sherbaz ventured to the middle of the Nullah while fishing and drowned due to the sudden heavy flow of water after the spillway was opened.

Likewise, Rehman Shah, a resident of Swat, drowned near Margalla after the heavy flow from Rawal Dam swept him away. The victim was washing his vehicle in the nullah when the incident took place.

The heavy flow of water also claimed the life of Ahmed Fraz, 18, who was sitting on a rock in the middle of the Nullah at Lohi Bhir Safari Park.

Likewise, Faisal, 25, a resident of Shakrial, who went to the nullah along with his friends, drowned while swimming.

Meanwhile, Sabzi Mandi police found a bullet-riddled body of a woman lying in the green area at I-10/2.

The incident came to light when some passers-by informed the police that a body was laying abandoned. The police seized the body and shifted it to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims).

The deceased was identified as Perveen Akhter, 26, a native of Bannu. The killer(s) shot her in the head. Police said she was killed on Monday night. The victim was living with her husband Shahsawar at Madina Town, Bhara Kahu.

In another incident, a house maid died in mysterious circumstance in the jurisdiction of Sihala police station.

The deceased was identified as Nasreen Bibi, 30.

She fell on the road when she was going home after finishing her work in a house. She died while being shifted to a nearby hospital.

The body was shifted to Pims to ascertain the actual cause of death.