Srinagar, Feb. 6 -- A truck driver was shot dead by the Army after he allegedly ignored repeated warnings to stop at a Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) in North Kashmir's Baramulla district during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday.
The slain was identified as Waseem Ahmed Mir, a resident of Bomai Sopore.
The firing incident took place at Chunad village along the Srinagar- Baramulla national highway and police said that an FIR has been registered and a thorough investigation is underway.
Sources said that the driver was brought dead to the Government Medical College Baramulla at around 1.30 am.
The injury suggested a gunshot wound with the entry point on the right side of the axilla (armpit) and the bullet exiting near the ...