Jammu and Kashmir: One dead, two injured in landslide in Rajouri

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One person was killed and two others injured Sunday when a landslide struck a remote village in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Two daily wage workers of the Jal Shakti department along with a labourer were repairing a water pipeline at Simbli in Darhal dhok when they came under the landslide, the officials said.

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They said the locals immediately launched a rescue operation and evacuated the three to the hospital, where one of the daily wagers, Mohd Shabir (48) of Chowkian village, was declared dead.

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