Death toll: 6 killed in different incidents

FAISALABAD: Six people were killed in and around Faisalabad during past 24 hours in different incidents. In the first incident, a TMA Jornawal truck hit a footpath near Dhuddiwala at Jaranwala Road, where 3 labourers including Mehmood, Aslam and Akram were asleep. The men died on the spot, while the truck driver managed to escape from the scene leaving the vehicle behind. In another incident, a speeding wagon crushed a motorcyclist, Rashid, on Jhang Road. The same day, Shahid shot his cousin Tanveer in Chak No656-GB, over a petty dispute. In another incident, Zulfiqar was burnt to death, while his co-worker received serious burn injuries when steam leaked from the boiler of a local chemical industry near Sargodha Road. The police have registered separate cases.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 27^th, 2011.