Six-year child drowns in canal

TANDO GHULAM HYDER: A six-year-old boy was drowned in a canal near Tando Ghulam Hyder town of Sindh on Saturday.

According to rescue sources, child Altaf Ali, aged 6, son of Manthar Ali Chandio, drowned in a canal in village Ghulam Mohammad Chandio near Tando Ghulam Hyder town of Sindh. The villagers pulled out his body from the canal.

They shifted the deceased to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of the drowning could not be ascertained till filing this report. The incident created a mourning atmosphere when body reached home.