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Drunk driver arrested for causing accident

10:55 PM Nov 24, 2023 IST | M M PARVAIZ
drunk driver arrested for causing accident
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Ramban, Nov 24: Doda police arrested a driver of a light vehicle for causing an accident and driving the vehicle in a drunken condition at Assar on the Batote -Doda-Kishtwar National Highway last night.

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Police said the vehicle (Eco) bearing registration number JK06A-9503 was carrying a marriage party from Jammu to the Bulandpur area of Assar and met with an accident in Bhata Morh Assar, resulting in the occupants of the vehicle sustaining injuries.

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On getting information a police team from Police Station Assar rushed to the accident spot and shifted the injured passenger to PHC Assar for treatment.

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Police said the driver of the vehicle and a few other persons of the marriage party were found in a drunken condition.

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They said light vehicles along with a bus and other vehicles were found carrying a marriage party from Jammu towards the Bulandpur area of Assar and were travelling during night hours in the Assar area which is mostly hilly and of tough terrain.

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Police said the driver of the vehicle Rajesh Kumar son of Dhiyan Singh resident of Batroo Khellani was booked vide a case FIR No. 22 of 2023 under relevant sections of law in Police Station Assar and investigation of the case was taken up.

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