LOWER DIR: Two including a female presiding officer and a police constable died when a coach carrying polling staff was swept away while crossing a flooded stream here on Wednesday midnight.
Police said that a coach carrying polling staff from Chakdara to Timergarha was swept away by a flooded stream due to heavy rain in Uch Kharkai area.
Others managed to save their lives but female presiding officer Sajida Begum w/o Muhammad Ishfaq, hailing from Malakand and police constable Ubaidullah were swept along with the vehicle.
The body of Sajida Begum was recovered from Warsak Uch on early Thursday morning whereas, the drowned police constable Ubaidullah’s gun was recovered while the search for his body is in progress.
