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Two die as boat capsizes

By our correspondents
March 24, 2016

MIRPUR: Two persons including a constable died and 20 others were rescued when a boat carrying 22 devotees

from Bohar Colony to Old Mirpur Shrine in Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, capsized in a dam Wednesday. The boat capsized due to overloading. The dead persons have been identified as Punjab police constable Muhammad Shaukat and

Rizwan Tahir. Police have arrested the operator of the boat.—Sabah