NAWABSHAH, Sept 6: Police found bodies of a young boy and girl from a deserted roadside place near 68-Mori of Jam Wah (canal) on Thursday.

Reports said that Saadullah, son of Huzur Bux Brohi and Zubaida, daughter of Ata Mohammad Brohi, were murdered with axe.

Later, police sources said that girls’ father and her uncle, Ali Murad Brohi arrived at the police station and surrendered themselves while confessing that they have killed the both for their suspected unlawful relations.

BREACH: A 50-foot breach occurred in Bilawal Minor canal near village Bilawal Zardari, on Thursday.

Standing crops of over 150 acres of land were inundated due to the flooding.

The breach was not plugged till the filing of this report.

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