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Nine killed in Kashmir road accident
Srinagar, July 8 (IBNS) At least nine employees of State Sheep Husbandry Department, including a District Officer, were killed Tuesday when a Tata Sumo vehicle skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The accident took place near Chhatroo pass in Sinthan Top area of the mountainous Kishtwar district.
The deceased employees of Sheep Husbandry Department, Kishtwar, include District Sheep Husbandry Officer, Dr. Rafiq Ahmad Akhoon, Veterinary Assistant Surgeon, Shatroo, Dr. Aamir and employees Irshad Ahmad, Ahmadullah, Rehman Rishi, Ghulum Nabi, Romesh Kumar and Sat Lal.
"The bodies have been retrieved from the gorge," said an official.
The cause of deadly accident is being ascertained, the police said, but preliminary investigations suggested that the driver lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a curve on the hilly road.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Home, Industries and Commerce, Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo has expressed deep shock and grief over the accident in which 9 officials of Sheep Husbandry Department lost their precious lives.
Kichloo rushed to the spot. He also visited Kishtwar and expressed his sympathies and solidarity with the bereaved families.
The employees were going to attend a medical camp at Simthan Top from Kishtwar when the accident occurred.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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