J&K Doda’s car falls into water, policeman and wife killed

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir police chief and his wife died and their son was injured when the vehicle they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into a stream in Doda district on Friday.The family, who hailed from Bani in Kathua district, were heading to Bhaderwah in their SUV when the accident occurred near Basti village at around 9 am. Inspector Zulfikar Ali (47) and his wife Rehana Begum (42) of the Badwah district special branch died on the spot, an official said.“Police and medical teams from SDH Bhaderwah rushed to the spot and shifted the family to Bhaderwah Hospital where the couple was declared dead. Their sons Arshad Ahmed (20) and Kamran Ahmed (24) are still undergoing treatment,” the official said.Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh expressed his condolences over the death in an X post.