Three BSF jawans killed, over a dozen injured as bus carrying troops falls into gorge in J-K’s Budgam

A hired bus carrying BSF jawans for election duty for the second phase of assembly polls fell into a gorge near Brel of Watarhaal in Budgam district of central Kashmir, the officials said.

Srinagar:  Three BSR jawans were killed and over a dozen were injured when a bus carrying the forces’ personnel for election duty met with an accident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday, officials said.

A hired bus carrying BSF jawans for election duty for the second phase of assembly polls fell into a gorge near Brel of Watarhaal in Budgam district of central Kashmir, the officials said.

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Over a dozen jawans were injured, some of them critically, in the accident, they said.

The injured jawans have been rushed to a hospital, they added.