Three cousins drown while taking bath in sea at Manora beach

KARACHI: In a tragic incident, three cousins drowned while bathing in the sea at Manora beach, ARY News reported on Sunday.

Police and rescuers said the deceased had gone for a picnic in Manora near PNS Himalaya.

Responding to the information, divers reached the scene and started a search and rescue operation. It took two hours for them to retrieve the bodies of all the three men.

The bodies were shifted to Civil Hospital, Karachi for medico-legal formalities. The deceased were identified as Mehran, Malhar Khan and Fahad.

According to SHO Ghaffar Shah, the three men were residents of Gulistan-e-Jauhar and hailed from Moro.

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In the month of September, at least five people including women and children drowned while swimming into the Hub stream.

The deceased people in the incident include 34-year-old Mahjabeen, 13-year-old Hafsa, 10-year-old Hamza and four-year-old Areeb.

According to rescue sources, the dead bodies of the deceased were retrieved by and handed over to the heirs after legal formalities.