SUKKUR: Two electricians were electrocuted and their colleague suffered burns when wire of a solar panel they were trying to install on the rooftop of a shop in Garam

Godi area slipped from their hands and fell on the 11-kV transmission lines passing nearby on Friday.

The two electricians, identified as Yousuf Arain and Niaz Shah, died on the spot and their colleague whose name could not be ascertained immediately was rushed to nearby hospital along with the bodies.

The doctors pronounced Yousuf and Niaz dead on arrival and admitted the injured man for treatment.

Mugging FIR against SHO ordered

The third additional judge of sessions court on Friday ordered registration of a mugging FIR against station house officer (SHO) of the Shah Hussain police station.

The order was passed on an application filed by a lawyer, Abdul Sattar Phulpoto, who claimed that SHO Rehmatullah Solangi and four other suspects including Irshad and Muneer robbed him of cash, a gold ring and other valuables.

Judge Altaf Hussain Bijarani ordered registration of FIR against the suspects at the same police station.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2023