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2 killed, 3 hurt in Ramban landslide

KT NEWS SERVICE. Dated: 3/18/2019 12:42:00 AM

Baramulla resident killed in Udhampur mishap

BANIHAL, Mar 17: Two persons were killed and three others injured on Sunday when a landslide struck a remote village in Ramban district, police said.
In the meanwhile, one person hailing from Baramulla died and two others were injured when their vehicle met with an accident on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district of Jammu today.
In Ramban incident, a group of labourers was on way to Banihal on foot when they got trapped under the debris after the landslide occurred at Khari-Mahoo road near Aarmarg in the morning, a police officer said. The locals pulled out the body of Mohammad Qasim Gujjar (33), a resident of Aarmarg, from underneath the rubble, while four others injured were shifted to a hospital.
Critically injured Abdulah Gujjar (61) was referred to a hospital in Srinagar but succumbed to his injuries, the officer added.
In the meanwhile, one person died and two others were injured when their vehicle met with an accident on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district of Jammu today.
“One person was killed and two others were injured after the car, in which they were travelling in, met with an accident near Tikri,” police here said. The car was en-route to Srinagar from Jammu when the accident occurred, they further said.
The deceased was identified as Fazel Rashid (36), resident of Baramulla, Srinagar, police added.