Srinagar, Aug. 12 -- Two police officers were killed and one was injured in a tragic traffic accident on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in Srinagar on Monday.

Officials said that the three sub-inspectors were travelling in a car when it hit a road divider near Tengan, Nowgam in Srinagar killing Sachin Verma and Shubham Seth.

Verma and Seth were declared dead at a hospital.

The injured officer has been identified as Mastan Singh who is recuperating at the hospital.

"They were travelling from Srinagar to Jammu after performing Amarnath Yatra duty when the accident happened," said an official.

Lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over the death of PSI Sachin Verma of 23 Bn IRP and PSI Shubam Seth of 21 Bn IRP in the tragic r...