A 37-year-old National Conference leader Moulvi Mohammad Khalil Sohil was killed after he was hit by a boulder from a hillock in Ramban district on Monday, police said.
Sohil, National Conference (NC) block president for Khari and Ramsoo in Banihal assembly segment, was a resident of Sarbagni village. He was on his way home when he came under the rolling boulder at Khuni Nallah on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway, they said.
He died on the spot and his body was handed over to his family after completion of legal formalities, a police official said. (Agencies)