Stone Pelting Leads To Road Accident, Girl Dies: Police

“Stone pelting led to death of a young girl Tuesday morning when she along with her sister was hit by a vehicle near Parimpora Srinagar,” a police statement said. “The vehicle was moving backwards and hit the girls as it came under stone pelting by miscreants,” police said.

The girls were identified as Fozia  and Nadia daughters of  Mohammad Sidiq Lone resident of Gulbagh.They were hit by a cream colour Scorpio near Rogan Gali Parimpora. “The driver while moving his vehicle backwards hit the girls as his vehicle was stoned by the miscreants early morning,” police statement said.

The girls were critically injured in the incident. Both the injured were shifted to hospital where elder sister namely Fozia succumbed to her injuries.

A case FIR number 222/16 has been registered and investigation has been taken up.

Police said that one person namely Furqan Hamid Son of Abdul Hamid resident of Zoonimar  was injured when “miscreants” pelted stones on him while  he was  riding a scooty near Allie Masjid Eidgah, Safa Kadal. He received injury in his head. The injured person has been shifted to SKIMS Soura for treatment, where his condition is stable.