JAMMU: A police officer was injured on Monday after his private car was hit by a landslide triggered by rain near here, officials said.
The probationary DSP was on his way to his place of posting in Samba when the landslide damaged his car outside a tunnel near the Ban toll plaza in the Nagrota area along the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, the officials said.
The officer was rescued and shifted to a hospital where his condition was stated to be stable, they said.
The car suffered extensive damage in the incident.
The landslide also blocked a part of the highway and efforts were on to restore traffic by removing the debris, the officials said. (PTI)