Unfortunate incident: Child drowns in manhole

The boy had reportedly fallen into another manhole in the area on Thursday night.


Our Correspondent April 01, 2012

HYDERABAD: The body of a five-year old boy, Faraz Pathan, was fished out from a manhole in the Makrani Parah area, close to Maa Jee Hospital, on Friday morning. The boy had reportedly fallen into another manhole in the area on Thursday night. Residents of the area protested the incident later on Friday by putting road blockades and setting tyres and a motorcycle on fire at Autobahn road. Bakht Munir Pathan, the boy’s father, said that Faraz had gone out to buy confectionery.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 31st, 2012.

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