Rawalpindi – A man downed in Nullah Leh while attempting to save his six-year-old drowning son. Both the father and son died in the nullah as the rescuers found the body of the father and search for the children went on Saturday evening.
According to the available details, Muhammad Zahid, 6, was resident of Lane 3 in Gulistan Colony. He fell in Leh as he along with other children was playing near the nullah around 2pm. To save his son, Mehrban Khan, 36, jumped in the nullah and got drowned. Khan hailing from Mohemand Agency was resident of Gulistan Colony.
The water rescue teams started searching for the father and the son. Later, they were able to locate and retrieve the dead body of Mehrban and the body of the child was yet to be found till filing of this report.
In a statement, the 1122 rescuers said that the child fell in the deep water and father jumped in to save his son. However, both drowned as water was very deep and its flow was also very fast.
The statement noted that the rescuers put in all their efforts to locate the body of Zahid but remained unsuccessful. The rescue operation was stop as the night fell and the efforts will be resumed on Sunday morning.
