5 children, policeman among eight dead in Kokernag accident

Anantnag, July 27: Eight people including a policeman and five children died in a road accident on Sinthan-Kokernag route in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on Saturday, reports said.

Sub District Magistrate (SDM) Kokarnag, Suheel Ahmad Lone told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) a policeman, five children and two women died in an accident near Arashan Daksum.

He said the vehicle they were travelling in was coming from Madwa Kishtwar via Sinthan top, adding that postmortem is being conducted at SDH Kokernag.

The deceased have been identified as: Imtiyaz Rather (45) S/o Ghulam Rasool Rather R/o Kishtawar; Afroza Begum (40), W/o Imtiyaz Ahmad Rather, R/o Kisthwar; Reshma (40) W/o Majid Ahmad; Areeba Imtiyaz (12), D/o Imtiyaz Ahmad; Aniya Jan (10), D/o Imtiyaz Ahmad; Abaan Imtiyaz (6), D/o Imtiyaz Ahmad; Musaib Majid (16), S/o Majid Ahmad; and Mushail Majid (8), D/o Majid Ahmad.