Cop killed, 5 others injured in Police escort vehicle accident

    Two seriously injured referred to Jammu

    .Poonch, Nov 16: A policeman was killed while five others were injured after an escort vehicle of Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Poonch plunged into a deep gorge in Poonch district.

    The accident of a police gypsy took place near Bufliyaz in Surankote police station area of Poonch district.

    Official sources told that the SSP and his escort were returning from Pir Ki Gali along the Mughal road.

    They said that police vehicle skidded off the road at Drogain Buffliaz at Surankote and fell into river, leading to death of a policeman and injuries to five others. One policeman was declared brought dead on the arrival at Sub District Hospital Surankote while all but four others were referred to GMC Rajouri, BMO Surankote Dr Zulfikar Choudhary told that the condition of all four of those referred to the JMC remains critical while one policeman has been admitted to SDH Surankote.

    In this accident, six police personnel sustained injuries, who were taken to the local civil hospital where one of the cops identified as Shoib Ahmed was declared dead by doctors.

    Five other police personnel were provided medical aid at Sub District Hospital Surankote wherefrom two critically injured were referred to GMC Jammu.

    The injured personnel include Sham Lal, Ghulam Mustafa, Shamim Ahmed, Parvez Ahmed and Istkar Ahmed.