Three killed, one injured in landslides in Poonch, Reasi

Jammu, February 22

Three people, including a minor, were killed and another injured when landslides hit two places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Reasi districts, officials said on Friday.

A vehicle, carrying three people in Poonch district, was hit by a landslide at Baila area on the Mandi-Fatehpur road on Thursday night, they said.

One Makho Singh died on the spot and two others--Anjum and Deepak--were injured and admitted to a hospital by Army personnel, the officials said, adding that Anjum later succumbed to his injuries and Deepak was shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital here.

A four-year-old boy, who was accompanying his parents, was buried alive under a landslide at Saar village of Reasi district and his body was later recovered, they said. PTI