Woman, daughter accidentally touch high voltage wires PHOTO: REUTERS
Police said 35-year-old Masooma and her daughter Fatima Noreen tried to pick up a piece of cloth that had fallen on a shed with an iron rod in Chah Meeran area of Shadbagh.
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However, they accidentally touched high voltage wires that resulted in their deaths. After the incident, the police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the bodies to a nearby hospital.
During the incident, victim Masooma’s son Mamoon was also injured and was being treated at the hospital.
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The police also collected forensic evidence from the spot and recorded statements of eyewitnesses. Further investigation was under way.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 28th, 2018.
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