Konkar Nadi death toll rises to seven

Three more bodies, including that of a child, were recovered from Konkar River in Gadap Town, bringing the total number of fatalities to seven. According to a spokesperson for Edhi Foundation, all those who went missing in the incident have now been found, and the search and rescue operation, which had been ongoing for the past three days, has been concluded.

The incident occurred on Tuesday during heavy rainfall in the city, when a rickshaw and two vehicles were swept away by strong currents in the Konkar River. Search operations continued through Friday morning in the jurisdiction of Gadap City Police Station. During the third day of the operation, three bodies were recovered from the river at intervals.

The deceased were identified as eight-year-old Kailash, 36-year-old Afzal and 45-year-old Iqbal Ali. All three were residents of Gadap Town. Their bodies were shifted to the Edhi morgue in Sohrab Goth.

According to Edhi, four of the victims - 70-year-old Gulab, his wife 60-year-old Nabo, their 40-year-old son Raja, and eight-year-old grandson Kailash - belonged to the same family. They had been travelling in a high-roof van when it was swept away by the floodwaters. Iqbal, also among the deceased, was the driver of the van.

Another victim, Afzal, was a security guard at a hospital plaza near Bakhai Toll Plaza on the Superhighway. At the time of the incident, he had disembarked from a rickshaw and was taking a lift from a motorcyclist, 45-year-old Javed Shah, when the rising river current swept both of them away. Their bodies were later recovered from the water.

The Edhi spokesperson confirmed that all missing people have now been accounted for and that the three-day search and rescue operation at Konkar river has officially concluded.