People protest, block road as man crushed by Army vehicle

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 17: Irate villagers held strong protest demonstration  and blocked road in Lam area of Nowshera after a biker was crushed to death under an Army vehicle this afternoon.
The deceased was identified as Mohd Mushtaq (42), son of  Mohd Munshi, resident of Pukharni.  The mishap took place when Mushtaq was standing on the road side with his motor cycle. Then an Army vehicle came from the back side on Nowshera-Lam road and crushed him to death on the spot at around 12.45 pm. The Army vehicle did not stop and moved to its nearby unit.
Immediately after the accident, the people from the area irrespective of their religion/ community , came out on the road. They picked up the dead body from there and placed before the Army gate in the area and started protest demonstration. The main Nowshera-Lam road was also blocked for three hours.  They started massive protest demonstration against the Army authorities and demanded immediate arrest of the Army driver.
Later, DC Rajouri, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and SP Nowshera Atul Sharma arrived at the spot and talked to the Army officers and also agitating people. The Army then handed over the accused driver to SHO Nowshera. The body was shifted for postmortem to nearby hospital and the agitation was called off at around 4 pm. The police has registered a case in this connection.

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