LARKANA, June 2: A six-year-old boy Yaseen Shaikh died due to burn injuries as fire engulfed the house of Bashir Shaikh in Mumtaz Colony on Saturday. The household articles were also burnt.

MISSING: Two children Arif Ali Khokhar 13, a student of class eight, went missing from cattle colony on Saturday.

Mansab Khokhar, father of the missing child, said that police were informed about the incident and added the neighbours told him that they had saw him till evening in the locality.

Another child baby Neha Khokhar 4, had gone missing from ‘Nazar mohalla’ on Saturday.

The relatives of both the children said that they had searched the suspected areas but could not find any clue.

Meanwhile a minor girl Aamnat Brohi 2, drowned in a pond in village ‘Khan jo goth’ near Qambar on Saturday.

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