Jammu- A Border Security Force (BSF) personnel on Wednesday was killed while several of his colleagues were injured when a bus they were travelling in, overturned in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
A police official said that a bus of BSF bearing registration number JK02AJ-5041 was part of the convoy and was on way from Poonch towards Jammu when it skidded along Jammu-Poonch Highway at Narian Sector Chingus in Rajouri district at around 1350 hours.
A number of personnel onboard the bus were injured and at least three of them needed hospitalization. All the injured were shifted to government hospital Nowshera, he said, as per news agency GNS.
Later, one of them, Head Constable Ram Pal of 146 battalion BSF succumbed to wounds.
Police Post incharge Chinhus, Sahil Choudhary confirmed the death of Head Constable. He said a case has been registered as regards the accident which occurred amid continuous rains.
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