Drunk driver arrested for causing accident

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.