UMERKOT: Two brothers lost their lives while trying to save a child from drowning in Thar Coal’s water reservoir in the Nabisar area on Monday. The child was later rescued by local divers, who also fished out the two brothers’ bodies.

Reports from the area suggested that Anas Arain and Saad Arain, residents of Rashid Arain village situated near Kunri, had taken some guests from Punjab to the reservoir on a sight-seeing visit. A small child accompanying the guests accidentally fell into the reservoir prompting the two brothers to jump into the water one after the other to rescue him. However, both of them drowned. Some divers from a nearby village rushed to the scene and took the three persons out of the reservoir.

The victims were taken to the Kunri Taluka Hospital where doctors pronounced Anas and Saad dead on arrival and admitted the child from treatment.

Published in Dawn, December 20th, 2022