One killed, 8 wounded in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec 20 (UNI) A Nepali watchman died due to gas leakage while eight people were wounded in separate accidents across the Kashmir valley, police said.

They said Khakra Ram Bahadur of Nepal, who was working as a watchman with an automobile company, died due to gas leakage in his room during night at Chanapora.

Police have registered a case and launched investigations under section 174 CrPC.

Seven passengers were wounded when a Gypsy collided with a car at Chinar Colony under the jurisdiction of Sadder police station here. The wounded have been hospitalised. A case had been registered in this regard. Both the vehicles also suffered heavy damage in the accident.

In another accident, an Army vehicle hit and wounded Syed Mohammad Amin, a resident of Ijara Pehlipora in Uri, at the Baramulla bus stand.

The wounded was shifted to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura.

A case has been registered in this regard.

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