Tragedy: Three brothers drown in Mangla Dam

MIRPUR:

Three teenage brothers who drowned in Mangla Dam were laid to rest here on Tuesday.

The incident took place after the youngest brother, the 12-year-old Ayaz, slipped and fell into the dam at Bohar Colony. The two elder brothers, 17-year-old Ehtesham and 19-year-old Jehanzeb, jumped into the water, one after the other, to save Ayaz but they could not.

Rescue teams recovered the three bodies on Monday night.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 1^st, 2015.