ISLAMABAD: Three minors drowned in a nullah in the capital’s outskirts on Tuesday, police said.

The deceased, who were scavengers, were identified as seven-year-old Farmina, Hajra Bibi, nine, and Gul Zarin, 10, the police said.

The incident took place at a nullah in Shaheenabad at Chungi No 26.

After getting information, the police reached the spot and retrieved the bodies and later shifted them to the hospital.

The police said a watchman at a nearby building saw them when they fell into the nullah while collecting waste and rushed to rescue them but they drowned before he reached the nullah.

Published in Dawn, September 4th, 2024