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Tanda Dam incident: FIR lodged

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PESHAWAR: FIR has been registered against Chief Engineer Irrigation department, XEN, SDO, sub-engineer and boat owner in deaths of over one dozen children in Tanda dam the other day.

The FIR has been registered under Section 322/34 of the Pakistan Penal Code at Police Station MRS on complaint of SHO Qismat Khan, however no one was arrested till filing of this news.

According to FIR some 32 children of a seminary under the age of 15 were riding on a boat in Tanda dam without any safety gadget. Due to overloading, the boat could not maintain balance and overturned in middle of the dam.

At-least 12 children died and their bodies were recovered. Some children were rescued alive and shifted to hospital while search for other 14 missing children was underway.

The Rescue 1122 teams, police, civil administration and Army divers reached on the spot soon after the incident and started search operation.

The rescue operation was suspended on Sunday evening due to cold and darkness but resumed on Monday morning.

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M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.