LARKANA: A 34-year-old man drowned in Rice Canal and a 14-year-old youth drowned in Indus River on Saturday.

Samiullah Chandio, 34, a resident of Qambar town, drowned while bathing in Rice Canal near Bazigar Bridge. People present nearby jumped into the canal and brought him out of water. They rushed him to the Chandka Medical College Hospital in an unconscious condition but he could not be revived.

His father, Abdul Razzak Chandio, who resides in Nazar Mohalla, Larkana, collected the body from the hospital after completing medico-legal formalities.

In another incident, Kashif Soomro, 14, a resident of Balhreji village located near Mohenjo Daro, drowned in Indus River near the shrine of Noor Shah. Due to strong current, local divers failed to fish out his body till late Saturday evening.

Published in Dawn, August 7th, 2022