Overview
- A six-year-old boy fell into Nullah Leh near Gulistan Colony while playing and his 36-year-old father jumped in to rescue him, resulting in both drowning according to Rescue 1122.
- Rescue divers recovered the father’s body after hours of effort but were unable to find the child during daytime searches.
- Teams suspended the operation after dark because of strong currents and poor visibility and intend to resume searching early the next morning.
- Authorities moved the father's body to the District Headquarters Hospital for a post-mortem and local police have registered a report of the incident.
- Nullah Leh is prone to sudden depth and fast flow that endanger people near its banks, and local reporting notes the father supported his family by selling roasted sand grams, underscoring the household impact and the need for stronger local water-safety measures.