At least five women drowned in the River Indus while washing clothes in Jaglot town of Gilgit district on Thursday, police said.
According to the details, The women were washing clothes alongside the river when one of them slipped on the wet bank. The other four women, who tried to pull her out, were carried away by the current.
Local residents in Jaglot recovered the bodies of two women while the search for remaining three was underway at the time of the filing of this news.
Superintendent of Police (SP) Gilgit Mohammad Ayaz said that rescue teams had been dispatched from Gilgit city to recover the remaining three women’s bodies.
SP Ayaz said the victims belonged to the same family.
