NC leader killed after being hit by boulder in J-K's Ramban

National Conference leader Moulvi Mohammad Khalil Sohil was killed after he was hit by a boulder from a hillock in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district. Sohil, a resident of Sarbagni village, was the block president for Khari and Ramsoo in Banihal assembly segment.

Banihal/Jammu: A 37-year-old National Conference leader Moulvi Mohammad Khalil Sohil was killed after he was hit by a boulder from a hillock in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Monday.

Sohil, National Conference (NC) block president for Khari and Ramsoo in Banihal assembly segment, was a resident of Sarbagni village.

He was on his way home when he came under the rolling boulder at Khuni Nallah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, a police official said.

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He died on the spot and his body was handed over to his family after completion of legal formalities, he said.

Traffic on the highway was suspended this afternoon after heavy rains triggered shooting of stones from hillocks at various places between Panthiyal and Ramsu, he added.

Sohil's death is a big loss for the NC, party district president, Ramban, Sajjad Shaheen said.