Bahawalpur: Two teenage girls drowned in floods near Hatheji in Ahmedpur East Tehsil or Bahawalpur district on Saturday.
According to the report of Rescue 1122, the two girls were identified as Sera (11) and Hafsa (19), bathing in cumulative floods near Jhong Jalalpur near Haserji. However, they were submerged in deep water, and the family of the deceased retrieved their bodies before the rescue team arrived.
Rescuers found the family when they brought the girl to the Hatheji Basic Health Department (BHU). They checked the girls and declared them dead.
ACCIDENT: Three passengers were killed in a collision between a trailer and a Mazda truck near the toll square in Qutabpur in Jahania Tehsil on Saturday.
According to Khanewal Rescue 1122 spokesman Muhammad Raashid, Mazda trucks died on the spot with the trailer of the trailer and three Mazda residents. One of the dead was identified as Zahel in Lahore and his body was transferred to the THQ hospital of the Jahani people. He said the other two dead were not yet identified and their bodies were transferred to the Tibba Sultanpur Hospital.
He said the body was pulled out after cutting the smashed front of the Mazda truck. Kutapur police arrived at the scene and arrested the Mazda driver. Police officials handle the case said the Mazda driver could be drowsy. Further investigations are still underway.
Encounter: The Crime Control Department (CCD) claims to have arrested three injured people, including two alleged Dakots and a rapist for a seminary underage student, in three separate encounters between Kahror Pacca and Multan.
According to Lodhran CCD, a CCD team at Rana Chowk in Kahror Pucca sent signals to two motorcycle riders. The motorcycle rider tries to escape the bicycle that led to the Thousand Knights. CCD officials were able to capture both. Police said the injured man was wanted in the rape case of a small seminary student. Police said he was absconding to the case.
In another encounter in a Kotla Dilbar detour in Kahror Pacca, the CCD team arrested Dacoit, who was allegedly injured after a swap with two motorcycle riders. The arrested man was identified as Abid, a resident of Gulwala Mauza, or Rind Jada of Kahror Pacca, and his accomplices managed to escape. CCD claims Abid was involved in more than 67 cases and also recovered 30 hole pistols from his property. Police filed a case against him of unidentified fleeing accomplice.
Meanwhile, CCD Multan claimed that two sisters fired a gun at the CCD team in the Awan Chowk picket near Wali Muhammad. After the fire stopped, an attacker was identified as an Ismail resident of Qasuri Chowk, and Multan was arrested in injury.
Police claimed his records show he was involved in several cases of Dacoity, burglary, car possession. He was transferred to a hospital where police recovered 30 pistols from his property and also registered the case against his escaped accomplices.
Posted in Dawn on September 28, 2025
