Three children, comprising one boy and two sisters, of a family drown in a rainwater in Islamabad’s Tarnol police station limits, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
According to rescue team, one boy and his two sisters were playing in rain water accumulated on a road side near their house near Chungi No 26.
Suddenly boy slipped into the deep water. When the girls saw their brother drowning, they too jumped in deep water to save their brother.
Unluckily three children drowned. Rescue teams, after recovering the bodies, shifted them to PIMS hospital.
Meanwhile Islamabad district administeration has refuted the claim that the children drowned in rain water. They said the children were nomads who went down the road to collect valuables from garbage dump. Due to rain the pile of garbage was full of water. Resultatnly the children drowned. The victim were identified as 10-year-old Gul Tareen, 7-year-old Hajra Bibi and 9 year Farqina.
Reporter: Tayyab Saif