5 Killed, 15 Injured After Passenger Vehicle Falls Into Deep Gorge In J&K's Kathua

The passenger vehicle fell into a deep gorge at Dhanu Parole village of Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last night.

Five people have died and 15 were injured after their passenger vehicle fell into a deep gorge at Dhanu Parole village in the Billawer area in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua last night.

This is the second such incident that happened in the Union Territory in the last 10 days. 

Earlier in a tragic incident on January 11, three soldiers, including a junior commissioned officer (JCO), died after they slipped and fell into a deep gorge during patrolling along the Line of Control in North Kashmir's Kupwara district. The mortal remains of the soldiers have been retrieved, ANI reported citing Army officials.
 
The victims have been identified as Naib Subedar Parshotam Kumar, Havildar Amrik Singh and Sepoy Amit Sharma, news agency ANI reported.
 
An Army official said that the JCO and two other rank soldiers were on a routine patrol in the forward area in the Machhal sector when the trio slipped into the gorge.

''During a regular op task in the forward area, a party of 01 JCO & 02 OR slipped into a deep gorge, when snow on the track gave way. Mortal remains of all the three #bravehearts have been retrieved,'' the Srinagar-based Chinar Corps tweeted.

All three of them belonged to the 14th Battalion of the Dogra Regiment.