GUJRAT: A 17-year-old youth died and his friend was seriously injured while performing a one-wheeling stunt along the Jalalpur Jattan Road on Sunday.
Rescue officials said that while the two motorcyclists were performing one-wheeling, their motorbike slipped and both got seriously injured. One of them identified as Noman Zeeshan (17) died before he could be shifted to the hospital, whereas his friend Sarmad Bilal (17) was shifted to the Aziz Bhatti Shaheed Teaching Hospital (ABSTH) by Rescue 1122 in injured condition.
Meanwhile, an 18-year-old youth drowned while swimming in the River Chenab near Jalalpur Jattan town of Gujrat.
Rescue officials said that the youth identified as Yahya Basheer of Roopowali was taking a bath in the river along the Chupala embankment and he drowned in the river. They said that rescue teams were making efforts to retrieve the dead body of the drowned youth, which was yet to be found in the river.
COPS ARRESTED: Two policemen of the Gujrat Police have been booked and arrested on the charges of malpractices and having connections with drug dealers. Moreover, another cop was suspended for misbehaving with citizens.
A Gujrat Police spokesperson said that the action had been taken against the two cops, ASI Dildar Shah and Constable Ali Murtaza, as part of the internal accountability process within the police department. He said that another policeman namely Inam Rehman had also been suspended after citizens complained that he misbehaved with them.
Earlier in the last week, 16 cops were either dismissed from service or booked and arrested in Gujrat.