
HELD JAMMU: A bus plunged into a river in held Kashmir on Thursday and at least 36 people were killed and six injured. Police said the death toll could rise further. The death toll has risen to 36 and more security forces have been deployed to fish the bodies out,î said the Jammu administrative official Sudanshu Pandey, after visiting the site of the accident. The officials had said earlier that 26 people had died but later nine more bodies were recovered from the river and a survivor of the crash died in hospital, said adding that six others who were being treated have suffered severe injuries.