Three missing Punjab residents found dead under landslide debris in J&K

BANIHAL: Three Punjab residents, including a father-son duo, who had gone missing last week following a landslide on Jammu-Srinagar national highway, were found dead under the debris on Wednesday, police said.

Search teams recovered the bodies from the landslide site at Battery Cheshma along Banihal-Ramban stretch after a hectic 10-day search, a police official said.

He identified the deceased as driver Karaj Singh (26), conductor Joginder Lal (45) and his son Kashmiri Lal (21), all residents of Gurdaspur district of Punjab. (AGENCIES)