Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Nov 18: Twenty three passengers, mostly girl students, were injured when a minibus, they were travelling in, rolled down into a gorge near village Dhalpar, here this morning.
According to the reports, the minibus, bearing registration number JK14A-3487, was on its way from Dhalpar to Udhampur when it met with the accident. Locals and Police rushed to the spot and took the injured persons to District Hospital Udhampur where most of them were discharged after first aid.
After coming to know about the accident, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, who represents Kathua-Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary constituency in the Lok Sabha, spoke to DC Udhampur Saloni Rai and inquired about well being of the victims.
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The injured persons have been identified as Antik (19), daughter of Giyan Chand of Jonu; Gugli (16) daughter of Lt Vishpa Nath of Dhalpar; Sheetal Devi (16) daughter of Des Raj of Dhalpar, Priyanka Devi (16) daughter of Ajeet Singh of Dhalpar; Shamshan Bano (19) daughter of Roshan Din of Dhalpar, Vishali (18) daughter of Vishwa Nath of Dhalpar; Anita Devi (18) daughter of Mohan Lal of Dhalpar; Shivani (16) daughter of Choudhary of Dhalpar; Asha Devi (16) daughter of Joginder Lal of Manni; Preeti (20) daughter of Angrez Singh of Dhalpar; Rubi (17) daughter of Shanum Ahmed of Nagulta Chenani; Saniya (16) daughter of Sudesh Kumar of Dhalpar; Devan Chand (78), son of Ganga Ram of Mahni; Puran (55) son of Ganga Ram of Barta; Akshay (20), son of Santosh Kumar of Mahni; Nitika Thakur (15) daughter of Kevel Singh of Ser Manjla; Nittu Devi (19) daughter of Parma Nand of Larh Mahni; Minakshi (18) daughter of Santosh Kumar of Mahni; Radhika Devi (18), daughter of Raj Kumar of Larh Seri; Rimpy Devi (16) daughter of Romesh Kumar of Dhalpar; Jyoti Devi (16) daughter of Subash Chander of Larh; Seema Devi (28), wife of Vijay Kumar of Dhalpar and Diksha (15) daughter of Balbir Singh of Jonu.
