Scooty rider killed after allegedly hit by JKPDD vehicle in Srinagar

SRINAGAR — A Scooty rider was killed after allegedly hit by a Jammu and Kashmir Power Development Department (JKPDD) vehicle in Sanat Nagar by-pass area of Srinagar outskirts on Thursday afternoon.

An unnamed police officer was quoted by the news agency KDC as having said that the Scooty rider was identified as Javid Ahmad Mir, a resident of Gojwara Srinagar, who was allegedly hit by a JKPDD truck in Sanat Nagar by-pass this afternoon, resulting in his on-spot death.

The body of Mir was shifted to a local hospital here for medico-legal formalities.

Meanwhile, police have registered a case in this regard and further investigation has been set into motion.