SRINAGAR: The vehicular movement on Jammu-Rajouri-Poonch national highway remained suspended for over two hours after a protest was held in the Kallar area of Rajouri on Friday evening following the death of a college student in a road accident.
The accident occurred on Friday morning when a motorcycle collided with a BSF tanker. The boy riding the motorcycle succumbed to his injuries during treatment later in the day following which the protesters blocked Jammu Rajouri Poonch national highway for over two hours.
As per police officials, an accident occurred on Friday morning at around 09 AM when a motorcycle JK11F-6440 and a BSF water tanker collided with each other at Chatyar Pulli in Rajouri and motorcyclist Mohammad Saqib Malik (21) son of Mohammad Iqbal Malik resident of Chatyar sustained grievous injuries.
“He was taken to GMC Associated Hospital Rajouri where he succumbed to his injuries later in the day,” the officials said.
Meanwhile, his death sparked a protest at Kallar in Rajouri as the deceased’s family members, relatives and villagers assembled on the highway at Kallar and blocked it for traffic.
The protesters said that the accident happened due to the negligence of the BSF driver and no BSF official bothered to meet the family of the deceased to console the loss of their son.
The protesters kept the body of the deceased on Jammu Rajouri Poonch NHW at Kallar Chowk as a mark of protest. They raised slogans demanding justice.
However, the protest caused a massive traffic jam on the highway as hundreds of vehicles remained stuck on either side of the road.
Officials said the Assistant Commissioner of Revenue Rajouri, Imran Rashid Kataria, Deputy SsP of Police, and SHO Rajouri reached at the spot and pacified the protest while BSF officials also reached at the spot.
After assurances, the protest was called off and vehicular movement on the highway was restored after a gap of two hours—(KNO)
