BUREWALA:An elderly man was drowned after falling in a canal near Jallaywala Pul on Sunday.
According to Rescue 1122 sources, a 60-year old local farmer namely Muhammad Yaqoob was walking at the bank of the Pakpattan Link Canal when he slipped and fell into the canal. The rescue officials reached the spot and started the operation to rescue him.
However, the rescue divers recovered his body from canal after a search operation of over two hours. The body was shifted to the nearby hospital, the rescue sources added.