In Brief: 6 Army personnel injured in Ladakh road accident

Jammu: An Army vehicle met with an accident in Mudh area near Nyoma in Ladakh in which six soldiers were injured. ccording to officials, a Casspir vehicle, in which at least 12 soldiers were present, fell into a gorge in the area. As a result, six soldiers suffered minor injuries and were taken to a hospital for first aid. An official informed that the incident took place in Mudh area on Sunday morning when the soldiers were on routine patrol duty. Rescue teams were immediately sent to the area to evacuate the injured and other soldiers present in the vehicle. Casspir is a mine-resistant vehicle, which is considered to be sturdy, which prevented any casualties in the incident. OC

Drugs worth Rs 12 lakh seized from train in Jammu

Jammu: More than 10 kg of ganja worth over Rs 12 lakh and a pistol were seized from a train here on Sunday, an official said. The recovery was made during a surprise checking of a Jammu-bound train soon after it arrived at a railway station here, the Government Railway Police official said. He said a case under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and Arms Act has been registered at the police station railway, Jammu. No arrests have been made so far, the official said. PTI

Two criminals arrested, country-made pistol seized

Jammu: Two alleged criminals were arrested and a country-made pistol was seized from one of them here on Sunday, police said. Dheeraj Kumar from Jethali in Doda district was intercepted by police at Nagrota while he was en route to Jammu from Udhampur on a motorcycle, when a country-made pistol was recovered from him, a police spokesperson said.

The motorcycle was seized and a case under relevant sections was registered against the arrested criminal, he said.

Another wanted criminal Lyiqat Ali alias Bulla of RS Pura was arrested from the Kanachak area on the outskirts of Jammu, the spokesman said. Ali is known for his involvement in several criminal activities including an attack on a police party in Kanachak and bovine smuggling, he added. PTI