SAHIWAL: A man lost his life in a bid to retrieve a sunken motorcycle from canal here on Tuesday at 9/9-L, Link Canal, Fatoo Mor, Lahore-Multan motorway.

Reports said 22-year-old Ilyas, a resident of village 133/9-L, struck a Rs2,000 deal for retrieving motorcycle of a passer-by from the canal. Ilyas jumped into the canal and drowned. Rescue 1122 took one hour to recover the body of Ilyas. The motorcycle owner managed his escape.

Published in Dawn, September 12th, 2018