Cleric among 4 of family killed as car plunges into gorge
Hamid and his father were killed on the spot, while his mother and nephew succumbed at a hospital in Udhampur district
UDHAMPUR CAR CRASH
JAMMU: Four members of a family, including a cleric, were killed after their car plunged into a gorge on the Jammu-srinagar national highway in Udhampur on Monday.
The victims – Imam (prayer leader) of Jamia Masjid, Sangalda, Mufti Abdul Hamid, 32; his father Mufti Jamal Din, 65; mother, Hajra Begum, 60; and nephew Adil Gulzar, 16 – were travelling towards Jammu from Sangaldan in Ramban district when the mishap took place near Prem Mandir in the Chenani area of Udhampur district around 8.30 am. Hamid and his father were killed on the spot,
while his mother and nephew succumbed at a hospital in Udhampur district.
A police official said, “Hamid