2 construction workers drowned in Rajouri river; 75 years old killed in an accident.

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SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI MAY 16:–In a tragic incident two road construction workers drowned in Manawar Tawi River near village Dalogra in the afternoon today.
Both the labourers after completing their routine job had gone to take bath in the river in the evening today, sources said.
Tariq Hussain s/o Sayed Mohd resident of village Challas (Poonch) and Mohd Imran s/o Bag Hussain resident of Mandi (Poonch) were taking bath in the river near the work site on Jammu-Poonch National Highway at Dalogra when they lost balance and drowned, a eyewitness said.
On getting information about the drowning incident a police team from Rajouri along with a team of SDRF rushed to the spot and started a rescue operation.
After 3 hours long hectic efforts by the locals, police and SDRF personnel, both the bodies were retrieved and after legal formalities the bodies were shifted to Associated Hospital Government Medical College and kept in the mortuary as the police have informed the legal heirs of both the deceased.
Police said the bodies will be handed over to legal heirs on Friday after medico-legal formalities and postmortem for their last rites.
The duo was working as labourers with a private construction company engaged in the expansion of the Jammu-Poonch National Highway NH144A, sources said.
In another incident, an aged man was crushed to death by a tractor under the jurisdiction of Budhal police station.
The incident happened in Phalli village and the deceased has been identified as Muzaffar Hussain Shah (75 yrs) s/o Akbar Shah, who died on the spot.
After the incident the driver of the tractor is absconding. Police has registered a case in this connection and after medico-legal formalities the body was handed over to the legal heirs for his last rites.