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

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 was taking his father for an eye surgery to Jammu, when his car skidded off the road and plunged into a 700-feet gorge.”