Jammu, July 24 -- A drug raid conducted by the District Special Branch (DSB) in the Surrey Chak area of Phallian Mandal turned violent this
evening, resulting in the death of one individual after alleged stone-pelting forced the police to open fire.
Sources told Early Times that the incident occurred at approximately 5:45 PM when the DSB team, acting on a specific intelligence input, chased a motorcycle (No. JK02DL/6229) suspected to be involved in drug trafficking.
"Amid the chase, the team encountered fierce resistance in the form of heavy stone-pelting by unidentified individuals in the area. In the melee, the official vehicle of the DSB team, a Bolero bearing registration number JK02OB/1846, reportedly overturned while trying to evad...