STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: Sixteen members of Jammu and Kashmir Police band were injured in a collision between a truck and a minibus at Bateda Kanachak on outskirts of Jammu city on Thursday. The injured were admitted to hospital for treatment.
As per the details, accident occurred around midnight on Wednesday. The members of police band were boarding a minibus from Akhnoor to Jammu after attending an event organised at residence of a Police Officer in Akhnoor. As soon as minibus reached Bateda on Jammu Poonch National Highway, it collided with a truck coming from opposite direction, causing injuries to 16 police personnel. Kanachak police rushed to the spot and with the help of passers-by, all injured police personnel were shifted to the hospital for treatment.
They were identified as Head Constable (HC) Baldev Raj, son of Dharam Chand, resident of Ramgarh; Selection Grade Constable Jagdish Raj, son of Shankar Das, resident of Chatha Pind; Head Constable Jeet Ram, son of San Das, resident of Chatha; SGCT Raj Kumar, son of Puran Chand, resident of Billawar; HC Mukesh Kumar, son of Lekh Raj, resident of Seri Bhadarwah; SGCT Shabbir Ahmed, son of Mohammad Sharif, resident of Fatehpur; SGCT Vimal Kaul, son of Damodar Kaul, resident of Nagrota; HC Ravinder Kumar, son of Devanand, resident of Bhagwati Nagar; HC Abdul Hameed, son of Ghulam Ahmed, resident of Baramulla; HC Subhash Chander, son of Ishar Das, resident of Miran Sahib; SGCT Pawan Kumar, son of Gurdayal, resident of R S Pura; constable (CT) Naresh Kumar, son of Sohan Lal, resident of Kana Morh; SGCT Rakesh Chander, son of Shaheed Lal, resident of Bhadarwah; HC Baldev Raj, son of San Das, resident of R S Pura; SGCT Bodh Raj, son of Nathu Ram, resident of Channi and SGCT Yashpal, son of Sansar Chand, resident of Khour.