Stone Pelters Kill Truck Driver in Srinagar, 2 Nabbed: J&K Police

The driver was later rushed to SKIMS at Soura where he was declared brought dead.

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Two youths were arrested in the early hours of Monday, 26 August, for allegedly throwing stones at a truck in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, killing the driver of the vehicle, named Noor Mohammed Dar.

Police said that six others have been detained for questioning in connection with the incident in which some stones had hit the truck at Zradipora in Uranhall locality of Bijbehara area in Anantnag.

Dar, 42, was rushed to a nearby district hospital, from where he was referred to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura in the outskirts of Srinagar where he was declared brought dead.

‘Stone Pelters Mistook Truck to Be an SF Vehicle’: J&K Police

The Jammu and Kashmir posted about the incident on Twitter and said that the “stone pierced the (window) pane and injured the driver in the head.”

The arrested youths were being questioned to ascertain the motive behind the crime, police said, adding that the duo had no past criminal history.

It is alleged that the miscreants mistook his truck for a security forces vehicle and hurled stones at it, police said, adding a stone broke through the windscreen and injured Dar in the head.

A few days ago, a girl was seriously injured in a stone-pelting incident in downtown city of Srinagar.

(With inputs from PTI)