Drowning incident: Man tries to save grandson, both die
Police and locals recovered the bodies from the dam.
RAWALPINDI:
A 70-year-old man and his grandson drowned in a dam in Chauntra on Saturday. Police said that six-year-old Abdullah was playing on bank of Mujahid Dam when he slipped and fell into the dam. Nabi Khan, the grand-father, jumped into the water to save Abdullah but could not. Both drowned and died. Police and locals recovered the bodies from the dam.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2015.
A 70-year-old man and his grandson drowned in a dam in Chauntra on Saturday. Police said that six-year-old Abdullah was playing on bank of Mujahid Dam when he slipped and fell into the dam. Nabi Khan, the grand-father, jumped into the water to save Abdullah but could not. Both drowned and died. Police and locals recovered the bodies from the dam.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 29th, 2015.