A DIG rank officer of Central Reserve Police Force, currently posted in Srinagar, was killed along with his driver while his personnel security officer (PSO) received critical injuries when their vehicle was hit by a boulder near Digdol in Ramban district around 8.00 p.m on Sunday.
According to CRPF authorities in Jammu, “the DIG rank officer, Shailendra Kumar, holding the charge of DIG, North (Srinagar) was travelling in a Scorpio vehicle along with his driver and PSO when their vehicle was hit by a large boulder near Digdol on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway around 8.00 p.m.”
“Both DIG and his driver died on the spot while critically injured PSO was rushed to the nearby hospital”, police said.
Local police authorities along with rescue workers immediately rushed to the spot to shift the injured to the hospital.
The rescue workers struggled hard to retrieve the injured PSO from the mangled remains of the vehicle while dead bodies of DIG and the driver were shifted to the local hospital.
Traffic on the Jammu Srinagar National Highway earlier remained suspended due to inclement weather conditions and fresh spell of snowfall for last three days.
