Eight labourers were electrocuted when they were working at a tube well in village Gudhpur (Rohillanwali) in Muzaffargarh district. DPO Muzaffargarh Rai Zameerul Haq said that labourers were engaged in well boring and all of sudden a metal pipe touched the 11KV transmission line. Resultantly, eight people died on the spot and another two were shifted to DHQ Hospital Muzaffargarh.
Those who died were identified as Muhammad Zafar (50) Nazar Muhammad (45) Qadar Bakhsh (60), Manzoor Ahmed (55), Allah Ditta (28), Muhammad Aslam (25), Muhammad Shahid (18) and Muhammad Riaz (35).