Poonch, May 5: Two persons have died while two others remain missing after a vehicle they were travelling in was found in a nallah near Chhattapani along the Mughal Road, officials said on Tuesday.
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According to District Police Poonch, four individuals had gone missing on Monday while travelling on the Mughal Road, prompting a large-scale search and rescue operation.
During the search operation on Tuesday, the missing vehicle was traced in a nallah at Chhattapani. Upon retrieval, two bodies were recovered from the site.
Officials said search operations are ongoing to trace the remaining two missing persons.
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“All efforts are being made to locate them at the earliest,” officials said, adding that further details will be shared as the operation progresses.
The four persons travelling in the vehicle have been identified as Abdul Majeed, Mohammad Bashir, Akbar Hussain (a patient) and driver Showkat Hussain, all residents of Mangnar Upper in Poonch, who were en route to Srinagar via Mughal Road.
