Jammu, Jan 22 (IANS) Two persons were buried alive and two others went missing on Tuesday in an avalanche in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district.
Police said the avalanche hit Trigam village around 3 p.m., burying two persons under it. The dead have been identified as Muhammad Rafiq, 25, and Sumerna, 12.
“These people were on their way home when the avalanche struck,” a police officer said, adding that efforts were on to locate the missing persons.
–IANS
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