Four CRPF Personnel Injured in Road Accident in JK’s Kathua

   

JAMMU: Four CRPF personnel were injured on Tuesday when their vehicle turned turtle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said.

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The CRPF personnel were part of a party heading to Billawar to provide security to Union Minister Jitendra Singh, who was scheduled to arrive by a helicopter to address an election rally in support of BJP candidate Satish Sharma there, they said.

The officials said that a vehicle, carrying the CRPF personnel, turned turtle after one of its front tyres burst near Billawar, resulting in injuries to four jawans.

The jawans were subsequently shifted to the community health centre, Billawar, for treatment, they said.

Meanwhile, an army personnel lost his life when his motorcycle met with an accident near Banvat village in Poonch district this morning.

The deceased was identified as Mohd Afzal (22), a soldier posted outside Jammu and Kashmir who had recently returned home on leave, the officials said.

Afzal was on way to Poonch on his motorcycle when he lost control and fell down, resulting in critical injuries to him. He was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, they said.

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