REGIONAL

Casspir runs over elderly man in Srinagar area

By News Desk

May 31, 2024

A 65-year-old man was killed after allegedly being run over by a casspir (vehicle) in Hawal area of central Kashmir’s Srinagar district, eyewitnesses said.

They informed GNS that one Abdul Salam (65) came under a police vehicle near Firdous Cinema Hawal, and left with critical injuries.

It has been, in the meantime, learnt that the person was removed to SKIMS Soura by a police team, where the doctors declared him as dead on arrival.

Confirming it, a senior police officer told GNS that, ‘it is an RTA (Road Traffic Accident).’

More details awaited. (GNS)