Four people were electrocuted in Karachi on Monday, including a father and daughter, and four others drowned because of the heavy rains that have been falling on the city.
One of the terrible things that happened was that a man and his daughter were electrocuted at an apartment building on Al-Falah Road in the Bihar Colony neighborhood of Lyari. Rescue teams rushed to the scene of the accident and took the victims to the Civil Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
Rehman Usman, who was 35, and Hifza, who was 10, were found dead. Police said that the incident happened when Hifza got shocked by an electric board in the apartment and her father also got shocked when he tried to help her, The News reported.
In another case in Lyari, an old man named Salamat Rakha, who was 60 years old, died of electrocution near the Kalakot police station. The person’s body was moved to the RPCH.
The person who died lived in the Baghdadi area of Lyari and was killed by electricity when he touched a power pole.
Waqar, the 25-year-old son of Deedar who worked in a dyeing factory, died when he was shocked at a company near Habib Bank Chowrangi that was under the SITE A Section police station’s jurisdiction. The body was taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital so that it could be examined.
In another case in Lyari, an old man named Salamat Rakha, who was 60 years old, was killed by electricity near the Kalakot police station. The corpse was moved to the RPCH.
The person who died lived in the Baghdadi neighbourhood of Lyari, and he was killed by electricity when he touched a power pole. Waqar, the 25-year-old son of Deedar who worked in a dyeing factory, died of electrocution at a company near Habib Bank Chowrangi that was under the SITE A Section police station’s jurisdiction. The body was taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital so that an autopsy could be done.
A video of the event that showed how the victim drowned went viral on the internet. The search operation had to stop because it was getting dark, but it will start up again today (Tuesday).
Ahmed Ali, the son of Hassan, was six years old when he drowned in a pond near Surjani Town. The body was found by rescue workers, who took it to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital. The boy drowned in a water-filled pothole near his home, according to the police.
In another case, a 15-year-old girl named Sakina, who was the daughter of Ali Murad, drowned in a pothole near the Northern Bypass, which is within the police station’s jurisdiction. She lived in the same neighbourhood.
In the Clifton area, a 17-year-old boy named Bilal, who was the son of Ataur Rehman, drowned in the rainwater. The body was taken to Karachi’s Civil Hospital. The young person who died lived in Keamari. Even though Monday was a public holiday, the heavy rain made things very hard for patients and other people who had to leave their homes.
Mahnur is MS(development Studies)Student at NUST University, completed BS Hons in Eng Literature. Content Writer, Policy analyst, Climate Change specialist, Teacher, HR Recruiter.
