Two minor sisters die of electrocution

Devastated father took ambulance to three hospitals, unwilling to believe they are dead

KARACHI:

A man was left shocked and devastated over the sudden death of his two minor daughters due to electric shock at their home in Surjani Town.

Muhammad Hussain's daughters, seven-year-old Iqra and 10-year-old Minahal, were playing the yard of their small house in Surjani Town when the accidently touched the wire of the water motor which was slightly peeled off. They collapsed in front of Hussain leaving him in a state of panic.

Hussain, a rickshaw driver by profession, kept taking his daughters from one hospital to another unwilling to believe the doctors' statements that the girls are dead, Edhi Foundation spokesperson, quoting the ambulance driver.

"No! they have just fainted due to shock, you must check them closely," Hussain told the doctors, the ambulance driver said. Finally, he took Hussain to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where a senior doctor handled him emphatically gently explaining that the children have passed away.

The deceased girls were identified as seven-year-old Iqra and 10-year-old Minahal.

According to Surjani Town police station SHO Akhlaq Ahmad the deceased young sisters were electrocuted by the wire of the water pump while playing at home.

He further said that the wire of the water pump was peeled off from and the girls inadvertently grabbed the wire due to which both the girls fainted due to electric shock. They were taken to the hospital where doctors confirmed their death. He said that the father of the deceased sisters is a rickshaw driver.