ATTOCK, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 12th Apr, 2024 ) On the second day of Eid, three youths drowned while celebrating a picnic in the river Indus in Attock Khurd on Thursday.
The body of one was found and two could not be found.
According to rescue sources, 19-year-old Hussain Shah, son of Waheed Shah of Barzai village, drowned during a picnic at Attock Khurd on the Indus River.
Similarly, two youths who had come from Peshawar to celebrate a picnic in the Indus River at Attock Khurd also drowned.
According to police sources, two youths, Waqar and Abdul Ghani, aged 18 and 20, who had come from Peshawar for a picnic on the Indus River at Attock Khurd on Eid-ul-Fitr, drowned in deep water while swimming in the river.
Other tourists tried to save them. But they were swept away. Based on the information, the 1122 emergency service immediately arrived and participated in rescue activities and conducted a search operation, but due to the darkness after sunset, the search was postponed until the morning.
It should be remembered that every year on the occasion of Eid days, many people who come for a picnic near the river Indus drown and die, and the bodies of many of them are found week after week. Public social circles have requested the Attock Deputy Commissioner to ban bathing in the Indus River at Attock Khurd.
