Seven family members buried alive under landslide in Poonch; two killed in Doda by shooting stones

At least nine people, including two children and three women, were killed in separate rain-triggered incidents in Poonch and Doda districts today as fresh landslides and shooting stones battered Jammu division, raising the overall death toll from the ongoing weather disaster to 26 while eight people remained missing.

Seven members of two families, including two children and three women, were buried alive in a landslide on a dhok in the Loren area of Poonch while two passengers were killed after shooting stones smashed into a bus in Doda. Many other people were injured in the incident.

Officials said large boulders from a hill struck the passenger bus and multiple vehicles at Raggi Nallah in Doda district.

Seven bodies have been retrieved from debris in Loren village by locals and men of the police and SDRF. Those killed in Loren have been identified as Tanveer Ahmad (27), Zaida Begum (38), Shamim Akhtar (33), Shabnam Bano (31), Mohammad Irfan (17), Manan Rafiq (6) and Aleesa (4). Manan Rafiq and Aleesa were children of Zahida Begum, all of three who were among those killed.

Three injured in the Doda mishap have been shifted to the Government Medical College at Jammu. They have been identified as Rajesh Kumar (46) and his wife Satya Devi (38), residents of Bhaderwah, and Saleem Mohammad (45). Condition of Saleem Mohammad, resident of Garnai Udhampur, was stated to be critical.