Top CRPF officer, driver killed in Kashmir after landslide

The road was cleared of the debris late in the afternoon and some vehicles were allowed to pass on priority, the officials said. (Representational purpose/File) A Deputy Inspector General of the CRPF and his driver were killed after the vehicle they were travelling in was hit by a landslide near Digdole in Ramban district along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway.

The DIG, identified as Shailender Kumar, was posted in south Kashmir, police said, adding that his bodyguard Mohammad Sharief Khan was also injured in the incident. They were travelling in an SUV and their vehicle was part of a CRPF cavalcade in which two more DIG-level officers of the paramilitary force were also travelling.

The highway was closed for traffic since Thursday evening following heavy snowfall in Jawahar Tunnel and adjoining areas and multiple landslides between Ramban and Ramsu.