Banihal/Jammu, July 23 -- A couple was killed and four others were injured after a vehicle was hit by boulders along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Ramban district amid heavy rains on Wednesday, officials said.
With these deaths, the toll in rain-related incidents across the Jammu region since July 19 has risen to 25, while seven people remain missing, they said.
The incident took place at Gangraoo near Ramsoo when the boulders from the hillock struck the tempo traveller travelling from Banihal to Ramban, they said.
Rescuers found Nazir Ahmed dead at the spot while his wife Shakeela Begum succumbed to injuries at the Public Health Centre in Ramsoo. The couple were residents of Doda district.
The four injured persons - Ahmed, Akh...