TOBA TEK SINGH: Four people died and three others were injured in various accidents in Jhang, Faisalabad and Nankana Sahib on Monday.
A woman died and her husband was injured after their motorcycle was hit by a speeding car near Chak 268-JB located on Gojra Bypass Road in Jhang.
Rescue 1122 identified the deceased as Karam Bibi (37) while her husband was Nousher Bakhsh (40). He was shifted to Jhang DHQ Hospital.
In another accident, a driver was crushed under his tractor in Mouza Chah Khairwala in Tandlianwala tehsil of Faisalabad. Police said deceased Azhar Ali (32) was ploughing in his farmland when the tractor overturned due to speeding. Azhar was crushed under it. He was being shifted to Tandlianwala THQ hospital when succumbed to his injuries.
AtMauzaKotSadhuram located on Bachiana Road in Nankana Sahib, a man was electrocuted.
Rescuers said Ismail (45) was going to switch on an electric fan when his hand touched a live electric wire. As a result, he received an electric shock and died.A woman died while her two sons were injured in an accident on Shahkot Road of Nankana Sahib when a speeding car ran over their motorcycle.
The injured were being shifted to Sangla Hill THQ Hospital when the woman, Shahnaz Ashraf (50), succumbed to her injuries while her wounded sons, Ali Husnain Ashraf (20) and Abdullah Ashraf (16), were admitted to hospital in serious condition.
ROOF COLLAPSE: A woman and a minor daughter were injured when the roof of their house caved in on Monday in Mohalla Hassanabad on Narwala Road at Faisalabad.
The locals and rescuers rescued both of them after removing debris and shifted them to Government General Hospital Ghulam Muhammadabad. They were identified as Shahnaz Bibi (28) and her daughter Horain Fatima (5).
Also in Faisalabad in Muzaffar Colony, the roof of a room fell on one Muhammad Ramzan (75) and his granddaughter Robeela Abid (13), injuring them critically.
Rescuers pulled them out of rubble and shifted them to the DHQ Hospital.
ACE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) at Jhang conducted a raid on a patwari’s office and recovered Rs50,000 bribe amount.
According to ACE officials, Faisal Shehzad had complained that Patwari Mohsin Ali had demanded Rs50,000 for issuing a revenue report. Acting on the complaint, an ACE team carried out the operation and recovered the amount from the patwari’s private clerk (munshi) Abid Hussain. However, patwari managed to escape during the raid.
ENCOUNTER: A suspect has been killed in an alleged encounter with the Crime Control Department at Faisalabad.
Police claimed that a joint CCD team of Iqbal Town and Lyallpur Town had set up a picket on Chohla Chowk when they signalled three suspects riding a motorcycle to stop. The suspects opened fire on the policemen who also retaliated. After the crossfire, police found one of the suspects dead on the ground while his two accomplices had escaped.
Police claimed that he was shot dead by his accomplices.
The deceased was identified as Ehtasham Billa of Chak Jhumra who was allegedly involved in snatching 65 motorcycles.