BAHAWALNAGAR: Three women of a family including two sisters died when the roof of a room collapsed owing to rain in the city on Thursday.

According to the Rescue 1122, the roof of a room of labourer Ali Jan`s house at Mohallah Teliyanwala caved in around 4am, burying the inmates under the debris.

A woman identified as 30-year-old sister of Ali Jan and two of his daughters, 24-year-old Razia and 20-year-old Nadra, were killed. Rescue teams reached the spot and recovered the dead bodies from the debris.

District Officer (Emergency) Rao Sharafat told Dawn that the incident happened because of the weak structure of the roof.

Locals said the house had been in a dilapidated condition for a long time and the owner did not afford repairs. They saidthat due to continuous rain, the roof of one of the rooms was further damaged and it suddenly collapsed. They said the other rooms also were in a state of disrepair.

The family appealed to Chief Minister Parvez Elahi to give funds for reconstruction of their house.

ASI DISMISSED : An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Ghumandpur police station was dismissed from service for misuse of authority.

ASI Muhammad Ashraf arrested a vehicle snatcher during his posting at the Bakhshan Khan police station, but he charged the suspect with only one motorcycle thef t and concealed other cases which the suspect had revealed during the investigation.

When the matter came to light, the top boss of the district initiated a departmental inquiry and dismissed him from service after the allegations were proved against him.