5 police personnel injured in mishap
Srinagar: Five police personnel, including an assistant sub-inspector (ASI), and a detainee were injured when their vehicle collided with a truck in Kupwara district of north Kashmir.
The accident took place at Drugmulla last evening when the police party along with the detainee was on its way to district jail Kupwara from Awantipora in south Kashmir, a police spokesman said.
Those injured were identified as — ASI Mushtaq Ahmad, constables Nadeem Ahmad, Mubasir Ahmad, Aijaz Ahmad and driver constable Sakeeb Rasool along with the Mudasir Ahmad Rather who has been detained under NDPS act.
The injured were taken to district hospital Kupwara for treatment from where Mubashir, Aijaz, Rasool and the deteainee Ahmed have been referred to Srinagar for specialised treatment, the spokesman said.
PTI