The Chief Minister flagged serious lapses in safety arrangements at excavation sites and warned that officers and contractors will be held accountable if negligence is found.

Adding new dimensions to the investigation, police said the girls’ father, Chetan Kumar, had earlier been linked to another suicide case in 2015 involving his live-in partner.

News18 has accessed NHPC documents inviting companies on February 5 to build the Sawalkote Hydroelectric Project in the Udhampur and Ramban districts of J&K