Three Karachiite youths drown in Tando Muhammad Khan lake

TANDO MUHAMMAD KHAN: At least three ill-fated Karachiite youth have Sunday drowned in a local lake as they dived into it amid their stopover in Tando Muhammad Khan where they went to buy cattle, ARY News reported.

There were in total six Karachi friends from the same neighbourhood who went to Tando Muhammad Khan for a cattle deal ahead of Baqr Eid, but on their way back the group made a stop at a local lake to seek respite in the hot weather.

The relatives of the deceased confirmed six of them dived into the lake and lost control out of which three were nevertheless rescued out of it.

The ones to drown have been identified as Abdul Rehman, Azlan and Owais, the rescue servinces confirmed.

The local police after the rescue of the remaining three travellers and their legal protocol on the drowned have sent them back to their hometown Karachi where they set off on this journey from.

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