Nine BJP supporters killed in landlside

Pithoragarh:Nine BJP supporters were killed and two injured when their jeep fell into a gorge after being hit by a landslide in Rangaon village, police said today.

The accident took place yesterday when 11 people were going for an election-related programme in Didihat in the district, Deputy Superintendent of Police Amit Srivastava said.

He said a big stone rolling from the hillocks during a landlside hit the jeep passing through the village following which it fell into the gorge.

The bodies have been sent for post-mortem.