LAHORE: An employee of the Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) died after falling from a water tanker near Jilani Park on Monday.

Riaz, 35, was watering flowers from the tanker near the park when he fell down from it. As the tanker was moving, he was crushed under its wheels. He was taken to hospital where he died.

Police handed over the body to his f amily af ter completing legal f orm alities.

In another incident, a man died under mysterious circumstances after falling from the rooftop of a commercial building in Naulakha.

The deceased was identified as 22-year-old Abdullah, a Batapur resident.

The police sent his body to the city morgue for autopsy, while relatives of the youth alleged that he was tortured and subsequently pushed from the building roof top by unidentified men.

The police lodged a murder case against unidentified people and the homicide unit took charge of the investigation.

ACCIDENT: A minor boy died and his mother was injured when a motorcyclist hit them near the Jinnah Hospital here on Monday.

According to the Johar Town police, Zahida was crossing the road along with her five-year-old son Ahmad when a motorcyclist hit them.

They were taken to the Jinnah Hospital where Ahmad died, the police said, adding the motorcyclist had been arrested.