JHANG/ TOBA TEK SINGH - Three persons including a minor boy died and three others including two women sustained injuries in different incidents here on Monday.
According to police, three persons including a minor boy were killed in separate incidents of electrocution and road mishap in Jhang district. A three-year-old minor boy, Usman, son of Arshad and resident of Mauza Chumd Bharwan, was electrocuted. The incident occurred in Massan police precincts. The minor was playing at home when he touched electric water pump. Resultantly, he received severe electric shocks and died instantly.
In another incident, a 22-year-old youth, Juma Khan, son of Salehon and resident of Mauza Iqbal Nagar, was killed after the motorbike he was travelling on was hit from the rear by a speeding trailer. The incident occurred near Adda Shabbir Abad on Jhang-Chiniot Road in Qadirpur police precincts. The trailer driver managed to speed away.
On the other hand, a 50-year-old teacher of Govt Higher Secondary School Haveli Bahadur Shah committed suicide by shooting himself over a domestic issue.
There had occurred an argument between him and his family which enraged him and he shot himself. Police are investigating.
In Toba Tek Singh, three persons including two women of a family belonging to Jhang district were injured seriously in an accident on M-4 Motorway near Gojra interchange.
Imran, Fatima and Uzma were on the way to Jhang from Faisalabad in a car when the vehicle hit a road divider. Resultantly, they were injured and were admitted to Gojra THQ Hospital.