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TAXILA, May 13: A man drowned in the spillway of Khanpur Dam on Sunday.
Police and dam authorities said 20-year-old Mohammad Ahmed, a resident Nawababad area of Wah Cantonment, came to the dam with his friends and jumped into the deep water but he could not get out of the spillway.
Later, divers fished out his body and shifted it to his house for burial.
It may be mentioned here that every year, dozens of people mostly youth from Taxila, Wah Cantt and Rawalpindi drown in the spillway due to absence of any check from Khanpur Dam authorities and the police.
