Dial 112 helps rescue stranded family from Bangus forest

Srinagar: The services of Dial 112 saved a stranded family who had been lost deep in a forest area of Bangus Valley and were subsequently shifted by a joint team of Police and Army to a safe location.

A statement of J&K Police issued here said that creating another example of being a saviour, Dial-112 received distress information on Sunday that a person Atiq-ul-Rahman’s 11-member family including five women and five children went to Bangus Valley in Kupwara for a picnic in a Scorpio vehicle.

On returning to their destination, they chose the Upper Rajwar Wader Bala route towards Handwara.