30-year-old found dead under Ghari Shahu bridge

December 28, 2010

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LAHORE – 30-years-old man was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the precincts of the Gharishahu Police here on Monday.
The identity of the deceased was yet to be ascertained. According to details, the passer-by identified the body lying under the Ghari Shahu pul. Police speculated that the deceased was a drug addict and died after taking high dosage of a drug.
Police officials tried to search for relatives of the deceased and made several announcements in the area but no identification was made. The body of the deceased was removed to the morgue for an autopsy. Another man found dead in the early hours of the Monday in the jurisdiction of the Nawakot Police. The deceased was yet to be identified.
According to details, the man was found unconscious, lying beside the main road. Locals spotted the body and informed police. Police rushed to the scene and confirmed the deceased was without heartbeat. Doctors confirmed the death of the deceased. The body was then shifted to the morgue for an autopsy.
Accidents (2): A woman was knocked down by an car in the precincts of the Khana Nou here on Monday. The deceased was identified Akhtar Bibi (70), a resident of the Attari Darbar, Ferozepur road. As per details, Akhtar Bibi was crossing the roads when the speedily moving car, coming from the opposite side hit her and ran over her.
As a result, she sustained multiple head injures. With the help of locals, she was rushed to a nearby hospital where she succumbed to her wounds. The driver of the car managed to escape from the scene while relatives of the deceased refused to register the case. In another incident of the road accident, a youth was killed after his bike collided with a donkey-cart in the precincts of the Harbanspura here on Monday.
The deceased was identified as Shehbaz (25). According to the details, shehbaz was making his way to his office when he collided with the donkey-cart coming from the opposite road due to over speeding.
He got several injures and rushed to the nearby hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. The body of the deceased was handed over to their heirs after the legal formalities. The family of the deceased mourned on the sudden death of their youth member.