Bihar CM expresses grief over J-K accident deaths, prays for speedy recovery of injured persons

Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Monday expressed grief over the death of at least 21 people in a bus accident in Jammu and Kashmir. At least 21 people were killed and 29 others injured on Monday when a packed private passenger bus plunged nearly 100 metres down a treacherous hillside in Jammu and Kashmir's Udhampur, crushing an auto-rickshaw before landing upside down on the road below. An Army convoy passing along the winding hilly stretch rushed to the spot and led the intense rescue operation after the driver of the private bus lost control while negotiating a sharp blind curve near the hilltop Kagort village in the Ramnagar area around 10 am. ''The news of the bus accident in Udhampur, Jammu and Kashmir, is extremely tragic and distressing. In this difficult time, my deepest condolences are with the bereaved families,'' Choudhary wrote in his X post. He prayed for the speedy recovery of the injured persons. ''I pray to God to grant a place to the departed souls at His holy feet, provide speedy recovery to the injured, and give strength to the grieving families to endure this profound sorrow,'' he added.