CRPF DIG, driver killed in J&K as boulder hits car
JAMMU :A deputy inspector general (operations) of the CRPF, Shailendra Kumar Singh, and his driver Naveen Kumar were killed while the bodyguard was critically injured after the Mahindra Scorpio vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a boulder in Ramban district on Jammu-srinagar national highway late Sunday evening.
The landslide struck the vehicle near Khooni Nallah when DIG Singh was moving along with his escort towards the Valley, officials said.
Ramban deputy magistrate
Nazim Zai Khan said, “Around 7.45pm, a CRPF vehicle carrying Kumar was hit by a big boulder near Khooni Nullah.”
Khan said the DIG and his driver died on the spot while his bodyguard Mohammad Sharief Khan of Uri has been shifted to Army’s Command Hospital in Udhampur and chances of his survival looked “bleak”.
Jammu-srinagar national highway remained blocked since Thursday following heavy snowfall and rain. On Saturday, rain had triggered big landslides in Digdol, Nashri, Panthial and other areas on the highway in Ramban district.
The road was cleared of the debris late in the afternoon and some vehicles, including that of the DIG, were allowed to pass on priority, the officials said.
BEIJING:CHINA’S government said on Sunday it will postpone planned punitive tariffs on Us-made automobiles and other goods following an interim trade deal with Washington.
The announcement came after Washington agreed to postpone a planned tariff hike on $160 billion of Chinese goods and to cut in half penalties that already were imposed.
“China hopes to work with the US on the basis of equality and mutual respect to properly address each other’s core concerns and promote the stable development of Chinese-us economic and trade relations,” said a statement.