JK News Today

Jammu, 28 Nov : A top Islamic Cleric among four of his family members were killed in a tragic road accident in Samroli area of Udhamput district on Monday.

Deputy Commissioner Ramban in a tweet confirmed that a prayer leader of a mosque and three members of his family were killed when their car skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.

“All the four passengers traveling in an Alto vehicle which met with an accident near Samroli, Udhampur have died. The family belonged to Sangaldan, Gool. Their car skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet gorge along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Monday,”  as per reports.

The deceased were identified as Imam (prayer leader) of Jamia Masjid Sangaldan, Mufti Abdul Hamid and his father Mufti Jamal Din who died on the spot, while his mother Hajra Begum and nephew Adil Gulzar were rescued, and taken to a hospital in Udhampur, but they succumbed to their injuries in Udhampur Hospital.