A bus carrying personnel of Indo Tibetan Border Police and Jammu and Kashmir Police rolled down into a roadside river bed in Pahalgam on Tuesday after its breaks reportedly failed.
The civilian bus carrying 37 ITBP personnel and two J-K Police was on its way from Chandanwari to Pahalgam when the mishap occurred, a senior ITBP official said.
The incident happened at Frislan in Pahalgam.
The jawans were deputed in the area for the Amarnath Yatra.
“We are in touch with local administration and teams of disaster management have been rushed to the site for rescue operation,” the official said.
The Amarnath Yatra began on June 29, from Jammu amid tight security arrangements made by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) along with the army and the local police.
The Amarnath shrine pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine of Lord Shiva, located in the upper reaches of the Himalayas, is held from the twin routes of Pahalgam and Baltal.
More details are awaited. (ANI)
