Five workers killed during stone-cutting process

Five labourers were killed in an incident of stone cutting in Sillanwali police limits here on Tuesday. Police spokesman said labourers were busy in cutting stones by drilling machines at the top of hills at Chak 126/SB, Block No.15 without safety equipments when suddenly all of them fell down and buried under the debris. As a result five labourers - Rashid Maseih, Muhammad Yaqoob, Faryad Khan, Sheraz and Zulfiqar residents of Chak 115/SB and Chenab Nagar were killed. Their companion labourers retrieved the bodies from the debris after hectic efforts.