Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : At least eleven (11) people, including 07 children, of a joint family were killed and four (4) others injured, 03 of them seriously after the roof-tops of a house collapsed following torrential rains in remote village Tahi of Hajeera sub division of Poonch district of Azad Jammu Kashmir late Sunday, officials said.
All of the ill-fated persons were laid to rest in their same ancestral village Tahi amidst the extremely sorrowful environment followed by shed tears of every inmate of the area.
When contacted, Deputy Commissioner Kotli Amjad Ali Mughal told our Special AJK Correspondent Altaf Hamid Rao over telephone on Monday that the tragic incident happened in the area adjoining to the forward town of Tattapani close to his district Sunday after the heavy rainfall played havoc in the area depriving ten persons belonging to a single family besides injuring of five other inmates of the ill-fated kacha house, he added.
The DC said that one of the seriously injured persons have been rushed to PIMS Hospital in Islamabad because of their precarious condition. Rest of three injured were admitted in nearest Kotli District HQ Hospital where their condition is stated to be out of danger.
Unveiling the details, Amjad Mughal said that the house reportedly belonging to Muhammad Waheed and Muhammad Zohaib caved in as a result of heavy downpour that played havoc in the area, leaving ten of its occupants buried alive on the spot in the village Tahi Khakhar Paali.
Ten of the ill-fated persons who lost their lives were identified Noureen Begam (35) wife of Muhammad Waheed, Nabia (11) and Seher (13), both daughters of Muhammad Waheed, Saeedi Begam (60), w/o Muhammad Sadiq, Waqar Begam (35) w/o Muhammad Zohaib, Ustaad (8) and Hamaad (7) both sons of Muhammad Zohaib, Zoya (13) and Adeesha (11), bother daughters of Muhammad Zohaib, Dildar Shah (2 and half years old) and Mubasher s/o Muhamamd Irshad Malik (5) r/o Jhang.
The Deputy Commissioner said that those sustained injuries in the mishap were identified as Zunair (22), Zeashan (22), Farayal (18) and Suhan (02). “All injured are being provided with Medicare at Kotli DHQ hospital”, he underlined. One ill-fated kid Dildar Shah lost his life while shifting to the hospital.
Amjad Ali Mughal said that rescue teams were immediately rushed by Poonch and Kotli district administrations to rescue the victims of the tragedy besides shifting the injured persons to the nearest Kotli district HQ Hospital.