A garbage collector contradicted Mayor Karachi Murtaza Wahab’s claim, stating that he was the one who found the boy in a different open manhole, not the rescue officials.
While talking to the media, the young garbage collector, Tanveer, claimed that he found the three-year-old boy Ibrahim from an open manhole and handed him over to the authorities.
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The boy was not recovered by the machinery or rescue officials. I found the boy from an open manhole under the bridge near Sir Syed University,” Tanveer claimed.
Tanveer further stated that when he found the boy, he was already lost of breath.
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On the other hand, Mayor Karachi, in a press conference, claimed that the rescue officials located the 3-year-old boy, Ibrahim, who had fallen into an open manhole near the Nipa Bridge area of the metropolis.
Wahab said it was difficult for him to believe a manhole cover could remain open in front of a busy store, making it crucial to obtain clear video evidence explaining the situation accurately.
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According to him, the CCTV footage would reveal how long the manhole cover had been missing and whether drug addicts or other individuals unlawfully removed it from the location.
The mayor added that Karachi had faced repeated issues with stolen manhole covers, creating dangerous conditions, and insisted that the footage would expose the exact cause of the latest tragedy at Nipa Chowrangi.
He shared that the city’s 3-year-old boy, Ibrahim, who fell into the open manhole near the Nipa Bridge area, was found after an exhausting 15-hour search by rescue teams.
