France colony mishap: Body of swept away man found

ISLAMABAD: The body of a man, who got swept away in a storm water drain during Saturday night’s rain, was recovered on Monday morning. Assistant sub-inspector of the Kohsar Police Station Haider Ali told The Express Tribune that the body of 19-year-old Somi Masih appeared at the surface of a drain in Rawalpindi’s Soan area. Ali said that the locals after spotting the body informed the authorities around 11 am, and it was recovered by the police. The body was handed over to the family after they identified it. Somi, a resident of France Colony in Sector F-7/4, was swept away by gushing storm water in a drain that crosses through the colony. Somi, along with there other men, was removing a fallen tree that was stuck in the drain and blocking the flow of water, when the incident happened.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 9^th, 2013.