Rayees Shah
At least eight persons were killed and a person injured when a Tempo traveler they were traveling in skidded off the road and rolled down into a very deep gorge in Zojilla Pass in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on late Wednesday evening.
An official told The Kashmiriyat that a Tempo traveler on its way from Ladakh towards Srinagar broke into pieces as it rolled down the mountainous slopes into the gorge near Bajri Nallah On Zojilla pass, leading to the spot death of eight persons and critical injuries to one person.
A police party from Police Station Sonamarg with assistance from local volunteers and troops immediately started rescue operations in the area. After heavy efforts, rescue teams managed to bring out four dead bodies so far and the injured one from the deep gorge.
The deceased were identified as Azhar Iqbal son of Liyakat Hussain (driver) of Poonch, Ankit Dileep son of Dileep Kumar of Surat, Gujarat, Gandhi Marmu son of Mangal Marmu, and his father Mangal Marmu son of Qadam Marmu of Jharkhand, Ranjit Kumar son of Rohit Kumar, a resident of Pathankot Punjab, Muhammad Aslam Parray son of Abdul Rashid Parray of Kulgam, Nanak Chand son of Bhagavan Chand of Mathura, UP.