HYDERABAD - A young man drowned while swimming in the K B Feeder canal, aka Karachi canal, in the Kotri area of Jamshoro district on Sunday evening.
An official of Rescue 1122 informed that scuba divers tried to search for the body, but it could not be found because of the darkness. He added that the search would resume on Monday morning. The drowned young man has been identified as Shahnawaz Khaskheli, who lived in the same area.
Body of 50-year-old man pulled out of water pond
The dead body of a 50-year-old man was pulled out here on Sunday from a water storage pond of the Hyderabad Water and Sewerage Corporation (HESC) located near the New Filtration Plant on Jamshoro road. A team from Rescue 1123 pulled out the body of Molvi Asghar Gahoti after the local people reported seeing a floating corpse. The deceased was a resident of Katcha Qila area.
The police said they were investigating the cause of the drowning. The body was shifted to Liaquat University Hospital for medico-legal formalities.