Student crushed to death by IAF vehicle, trigger protests

A teenaged student was crushed to death by an Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicle, triggering protests and road blockade.

Jammu: A teenaged student was crushed to death today by an Indian Air Force (IAF) vehicle, triggering protests and road blockade in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
A Tata Sumo vehicle of IAF hit the student, identified as Divnesh at Rond-Dumel area in the district after which he was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead by the doctors, they said.

The incident triggered protests among the locals, who blocked the vehicular traffic on the highway.

Later, they were pacified by the authorities and dispersed from the highway resulting in normalising of the traffic, police added.

PTI