Three killed in separate incidents
The injured was shifted to a local hospital
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SARGODHA:
Three persons including two minors were killed in separate incidents on Monday. An eight-year-old boy was killed by a fake faith healer in Cantonment. Police officials said that Ghazala Yasmeen took her eight-year-old son Adil Raza to a faith healer named Wasim Shah in Chak No 47/NB for treatment. During practice, the faith healer tortured the boy, broke his jawbone and damaged his bladder. The injured was shifted to DHQ hospital in a precarious condition where he succumbed to his injuries. Police have arrested the accused and registered a case against him under section 302. In another incident, labourer Muhammad Din, son of Naseer Din of Jauharabad, along with Fateh Khan were digging underground to install a water pump in their village when a large chunk of earth fell upon them. As a result, Muhammad Din died on the spot while Fateh Khan sustained injuries. The injured was shifted to a local hospital. Moreover, Areesha, a grade one student in Government Girls Primary School, died of an electric shock when she touched a water pump in the school. Police are investigating the cases.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2019.
Three persons including two minors were killed in separate incidents on Monday. An eight-year-old boy was killed by a fake faith healer in Cantonment. Police officials said that Ghazala Yasmeen took her eight-year-old son Adil Raza to a faith healer named Wasim Shah in Chak No 47/NB for treatment. During practice, the faith healer tortured the boy, broke his jawbone and damaged his bladder. The injured was shifted to DHQ hospital in a precarious condition where he succumbed to his injuries. Police have arrested the accused and registered a case against him under section 302. In another incident, labourer Muhammad Din, son of Naseer Din of Jauharabad, along with Fateh Khan were digging underground to install a water pump in their village when a large chunk of earth fell upon them. As a result, Muhammad Din died on the spot while Fateh Khan sustained injuries. The injured was shifted to a local hospital. Moreover, Areesha, a grade one student in Government Girls Primary School, died of an electric shock when she touched a water pump in the school. Police are investigating the cases.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 24th, 2019.