Assam resident killed and five injured in Kashmir

Srinagar, Sep 10 (UNI) An Assam resident was killed and five others were injured in different road accidents in Kashmir Valley, a police spokesman said.

Kamaluddin, a resident of Assam, was killed on the spot and five others were injured when a Tata sumo vehicle, in which they were traveling, collided with another vehicle coming from opposite direction near Urnhall, in south Kashmir district of Anantnag.

The other injured were admitted to hospital.

It was narrow escape for the passengers after a vehicle in which they were travelling overturned near Peerniya in Uri and fell into river Jehlum. However, all the passengers escaped unhurt.

The house of one Ghulam Nabi Dar was gutted at Shilwat, Ganderbal. The fire was brought under control before it could spread to adjacent houses.

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