Four, including two soldiers, die in Jammu and Kashmir due to flashfloods, landslips triggered by rains

The soldiers were washed away in flash floods on Saturday afternoon and both the bodies have been retrieved.

Four persons, including two soldiers, died in J&K due to rains, which triggered landslips and flash floods in the past 24 hours.

According to an Army spokesman, two soldiers drowned during an area domination patrol in the difficult terrain of Poonch in the Jammu division on Saturday. 

“Lance Naik Telu Ram while crossing a mountainous stream got swept away due to flash floods. Naib Subedar Kuldeep Singh, the patrol leader, while attempting to save Ram also laid down his life,” an Army spokesman said.

The soldiers were washed away in flash floods on Saturday afternoon and both the bodies have been retrieved. The soldiers were manning an area in Poshana area of Surankote sub-division in Poonch along the Mughal Road.

Two persons were killed in Jammu’s Doda district when the bus they were travelling in was hit by a landslide in Bhanghroo-Gandoh village of the district on Sunday. “Three persons were trapped. Two of them succumbed to their injuries,” officials said.

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The deceased were identified as Amir Sohail and Mudasir Ali.