At least four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel died and over two dozen others were injured after a bus they were travelling fell into a gorge in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
They said a civil bus hired by the BSF for the second phase of election duty fell into a gorge near Brel, Watarhaal area of Budgam resulting in injuries to several BSF men.
” Four of the injured succumbed to injuries,” an official said.
He said around 26 injured have been shifted to various medical facilities in Budgam and Srinagar.
As many as 26 Assembly Constituencies- 15 in Kashmir and 11 in Jammu- in the districts of Ganderbal, Srinagar, Budgam, Reasi, Rajouri, and Poonch shall go to polls in the second phase on September 25.
