1 dies, another injured in Handwara mishap

Kupwara: A pall of gloom descended on Shanoo village of Handwara as a youth lost his life while another was injured when they were trapped under a sand mound while extracting sand on Monday late evening.

An official said that the duo was engaged in sand extraction when they got trapped under a sand mound. “Although a rescue operation was launched immediately by locals and police but a 38 year old youth identified as Abdul Hamid Sheikh, son of Khazir Mohammad Sheikh lost his life while Shabir Ahmad Dar is under treatment at District Hospital Handwara,” he said.

Such incidents have been reported from the same village previously during which several persons died. Locals have urged the concerned authorities to keep checks and balances on sand extraction so that such incidents can be thwarted in future.