Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, July 9: Ranbir Singh Bali, Director Finance, Forest, Ecology and Environment Department, his wife and son were killed while his daughter was injured after their private car rolled down into a deep gorge near Panar bridge, on Mughal Road in Surankote area of district Poonch this evening.
Official sources said that the accident took place at around 7:40 pm when the family was travelling in their swift car (JK02BD -4635) from Srinagar to Jammu via Mughal Road. Three of them including couple and their minor son died on the spot while 17- year- old daughter was injured and evacuated to SDH Surankote by 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. The other two were yet to be recovered as it was darkness and very tough to carry out rescue operation in the deep gorge, a police official said.
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