On Sunday, a vehicle carrying Ranbir Singh Bali, director of finance for the department of forestry, ecology, and the environment, his wife, son, and daughter plunged into a canyon close to Pannar Bridge on Mughal Road, resulting in fatalities and injuries.
Official sources told that the accident took place at 1940 hours when a swift car (JK02BD -4635) on way to Surankote from Kashmir Valley via Mughal road. Three among those travelling in the car died on the spot and another was injured and evacuated to nearby hospital by rescuers including locals and police.
The deceased have been identified as Ranbir Singh Bali (Director of Finance, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department), his wife Parvinder Kour and son Irvan Singh. Condition of his daughter Mahreen Kour is stated to be out of danger. So far, they said, body of Parvinder Kour has been retrieved, they said. GNS