Pattoki Assistant Commissioner Furqan Muhammad Khan passed away at Head Balloki amid ongoing flood relief efforts.
According to officials, the Ravi River has caused widespread devastation in the area in recent days, and the assistant commissioner had been continuously engaged in duty, working day and night in flood-hit regions for the past four days without rest.
He collapsed at the Head Balloki rest house after suffering a brain haemorrhage. He was rushed to the Phoolnagar Trauma Center, but doctors confirmed he had already passed away.
News of his death cast a pall of grief over the area, with locals mourning the loss of the officer who had been on the frontlines of the relief operations.
