Four killed in Srinagar gunfight, clashes
Srinagar, May 5: Three militants and a civilian were killed on Saturday during a gunfight and subsequent clashes in Srinagar, police said.
A senior Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) officer told reporters here all the three holed up militants were killed in the gunfight with the security forces in Chattabal area's Gasi Mohalla locality.
Security forces, including the police and the CRPF surrounded the area following a tip-off about the presence of the militants.
The militants belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit.
"Their identities were being ascertained," the officer said.
The civilian identified as Adil Ahmed Yadoo was killed after being hit by a vehicle during clashes by residents in Safa Kadal -- a densely populated downtown neighbourhood on the banks of Jhelum
Locals have alleged that a CRPF vehicle ran over Yadoo but its spokesperson Rajesh Yadav refuted the claim.
"There was no CRPF vehicle in the area and the allegation is baseless," Yadav told IANS.
He was taken to the S.M.H.S hospital in a critical condition where doctors pronounced him dead.
A CRPF officer was wounded in the gunfight while three photo-journalists sustained injuries while they were covering the clashes.
Schools and colleges suspended class work as tension spread in the city. Markets and other business shut down.
Authorities have suspended mobile Internet services in Srinagar district and brought down the speed of fixed line broadband connections.
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UP: Misled by GPS navigation, car falls into river from partially constructed bridge, 3 dead
Bareilly (UP), Nov 24: Three people died when their car fell into the Ramganga river from a partially constructed bridge here on Sunday, police said, adding that they suspect the driver was misled by its navigation system into taking the unsafe route.
The accident occurred around 10 am on the Khalpur-Dataganj road when the victims were travelling from Bareilly to Dataganj in the Badaun district, they said.
"Earlier this year, floods had caused the front portion of the bridge to collapse into the river, but this change had not been updated in the system," Circle Officer Ashutosh Shivam said.
The driver was using a navigation system and did not realise that the bridge was unsafe, driving the car off the damaged section, the police said.
There were no safety barriers or warning signs on the approach to the damaged bridge, leading to the fatal accident, Shivam said.
Upon receiving information, police teams from Faridpur, Bareilly and Dataganj police station rushed to the spot. They recovered the vehicle and the bodies from the river, Shivam added.
The circle officer said that bodies had been sent for post-mortem. Further investigation into the matter is underway.
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