One killed, 7 hurt in mishap

Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Aug 12: A woman  died  and seven persons got  injured when a Maruti van, they  were travelling in,  rolled down into deep gorge  adjoining National Highway near Thard, late last night.
The accident took place around  1.:15am and  the Maruti van  JK06-8576  was on its way from Jammu to Bhaderwah  when it met with the accident. Police and locals rushed to  the spot and shifted  the injured persons to Udhampur District Hospital where one of them succumbed to her injuries while others were referred to GMC Hospital Jammu.
The deceased was identified as Koushalya Devi (65), wife of Sanjeev Singh of Bhaderwah.
The injured were identified as Pooja Devi (38),  wife of Naresh Antal of Batote, Partap Singh (50) son of Jamit Singh, Sarla Devi (45) wife of Sawarn Singh, Naina Devi (45) wife of Kamal Singh, Sahil Smayal (20), son of Surjeet Singh and  Purna Devi (60) wife of Balwan Singh,  all resident of Bhaderwah and the van driver Swaran Singh (45),  son of Kikar Singh.
Meanwhile, a man was found dead  under mysterious circumstances at his house in  village Pathi Pgarha in Udhampur.
The deceased was identified as Ishwar Dass (55),  son of Sohan Mal of Paghara Udhampur. He was  found dead under mysterious circumstances and the  family members called  Udhampur Police, which shifted the dead body to hospital for postmortem and other legal formalities.
Police has registered the case under Section 174 RPC for further investigation.

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