Fifteen die of rain and electric current incidents in Karachi in two days

At least 15 people were killed and three others injured due to rain-related incidents while various parts of Karachi were hit with power outages as the metropolis and other parts of Sindh experienced heavy rain on Monday.

According to officials and rescue services, eight-year-old Farzana was electrocuted outside her home in sector E of Akhtar Colony.

In another incident, 30-year-old Ismael died of an electric shock in Bath Island, Clifton, Boat Basin police said.

A man died of electric shock in Defence, phase-V, according to a Chippa spokesperson. Sharafat, 30, died when he received an electric shock inside his home located on street-17 on Khayaban-i-Tanzeem. Clifton Police Station SHO Pir Shabbir Haider confirmed the death.

Another 30-year-old man, Saad Ahmed, died of electric shock in the Sarafa Bazaar in the limits of Paposh Nagar Police Station.