Srinagar: Three members of a nomad family were killed and another critically injured after their makeshift tent came under debris of a soil bund which caved-in amid incessant rains in Noorpora area of Tral in southern Pulwama district on Saturday.
Officials said four members of the nomad (Gujjar Community) family came under the debris, toppling the makeshift tent belonging to one Irshad Ahmad son of Abdul Gafoor near mini secretariat Noorpora Tral.
Soon locals and police launched a massive rescue operation. “All four persons were rescued in critical condition from the debris and taken to hospital”, an official said.
However three among them succumbed to the injuries at the hospital while condition of another is stated as critical. The injured has been shifted to Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment.
