Srinagar, June 2: Jammu and Kashmir Police Wednesday claimed to have solved a hit and run case in which a youth from Futlipora area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district was killed by arresting a man from south Kashmir’s Shopian district involved in the alleged crime.
Muzaffar Rashid Lone, 25, son of Abdul Rashid Lone, was hit by an unknown vehicle when he was on his motorcycle at Futlipora on Sunday morning.
Lone was shifted to SMHS hospital in critical condition, where he succumbed to his injuries.
News agency KNO quoting a police official reported that during the course of the investigation, a search for the vehicle was started and with the help of technical evidence, human inputs, and strenuous efforts, the investigating team zeroed in on the accused person identified as driver Jahinger Ahmad Dar, son of Muhammad Shaban Dar of Vishroi Shopian.
Dar has been arrested even as the vehicle used in the commission of the crime also seized, the official said.
He said that further investigation into the matter is going on.