BSF jawan dies after being hit by rock

A Border Security Force (BSF) constable died on Wednesday after being hit by a rock that rolled down from a hill top on the Moghal road in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district, officials said.

Nisar Hussein, a resident of Dhanore Jarallan in Rajouri district, was on leave and had gone to the high-altitude pasture land during his vacation, they said.

He was hit by the rock at Dhoke in the Peer ki Gali area. The constable was taken to a government sub-district hospital in Surankote, where doctors declared him as brought dead, the officials said.

His brother also suffered minor injuries in the incident, they said.

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