A number of fatal electrocution incidents during heavy downpour took place this season.
The unprecedented rains and urban flooding in Karachi severely disrupted civic amenities and services and caused a number of incidents.
Likewise, police-reported the incident of a child who went missing after the sunset. He was out with his cousin to play in the ground. The child’s family tried to find him on their own. However, they had to involve the police as they failed to recover the child.
“However, after failing to find the boy they finally contacted the police,” said Inspector Khalid Nadim Baig, the SHO of the Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan police station. “Our team rushed to the park and started a search while we also deputed another team in the neighbouring residential block. During the search, one of our constables found the underground water tank of the park uncovered and called for other colleagues and the boy’s family.”
He said the body was finally found in the water tank. There was so much darkness at the site that the family and even the police could not spot it immediately, he said.
Notably, the boy was visiting his grandparents in Pakistan. His departure to Saudi Arabia was scheduled for next week. His family is in intense state of grief and shock.
A number of incidents regarding electrocution have been witnessed in the past couple of weeks. As per the initial findings of investigations, the majority of the incidents either occurred inside homes or due to non-KE infrastructure such as kundas, TV/Internet cables/devices illegally installed on KE poles and hanging lights, etc, the power utility said in a statement.
