Jammu, April 13 -- Two students of Government Degree College, Sogam, who set out for an excursion, died early Saturday morning while 21 others were left injured after their college bus turned turtle near Vodhpora, Handwara, in the North Kashmir district of Kupwara.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident and also announced an exgratia of Rs 1 lakh for each of the deceased.
The deceased students have been identified as Asiya Rashid and Mymoona Ali.
A group of 23 students from GDC, Sogam (4th and 5th semester) had set out for a picnic in two different buses from the college campus around 6.30 am.
The tragic accident took place around 8.30 am. The academic activities in the college campus were s...