Srinagar, Nov 3: Atleast two persons were killed and two others injured when army opened fire on a vehicle in Chattergam village of Budgam district on Monday evening.
Sources told news agency that the incident occurred when troops of Army’s 53-Rastriya Rifles signaled a Maruti car (JKOIR-321) to stop at a naka in Chattergam at around5:30 pm. “The vehicle didn’t stop and Army personnel on duty opened indiscriminate fire in which four civilians traveling in the vehicle were injured. They were later shifted to Army’s 92 Base Hospital where two of them succumbed to their injures,†they said.
The slain youth have been identified as Fazal and Mehraj while the two injured have been identified as Shahid and Shakeel.
A defence spokesman told news agency that based on the specific intelligence reports about the movement of militants in a white Maruti 800 Car along Nowgam to Pulwama road, three Mobile Vehicle Check Posts (MVCP) were established along the road. “At approximately, 5 PM, a white Maruti 800 Car approached the first check point where the personnel tried to stop the car but it did not stop. Again at the second check point, the vehicle was stopped but it did not stop. At the third check point, the vehicle tried to barge through the check point, resulting into a firing incident in which four persons were injured,†he said.
“The injured were rushed to the Army Base Hospital, Srinagar. Two persons succumbed to their injuries and two are under treatment. Army regrets the loss of lives and has ordered an enquiry to investigate into the circumstance leading to the incident.
