On 04/07/2025 Police Station Kupwara received information that unknown vehicle driven by Unknown Person hit one Pedestrian namely Farooq Ahmad Shah S/O Abdul Subhan Shah R/O Tikker Kupwara at Tikker critically injuring the said person and the driver alongwith the vehicle has fled away from the Spot. Accordingly, a Case FIR number 207/2025 under section 281, 125-A, BNS was registered in Police Station Kupwara and investigation was taken up. The injured person succumbed to his injuries.
During investigation police team of Police station Kupwara put forth all the efforts to identify and arrest the person involved in the commission of the crime. Various suspects were summoned and questioned and technical analysis was also done with the help of FSL experts which led to some clues. Finally after lot of hard work, Police could identify and arrest the accused from Awoora area .
The arrested driver has been identified as Wasim Ajaz Khan S/O Gulab Khan R/O Awoora Kupwara and the vehicle ECCO Sports bearing registration number HR26CC- 2753 involved in the commission of offence has also been seized.
The hit and run case has been solved and the accused has been booked under sections 181, 125- A, 106 BNS
Locals of the area have hailed the efforts of Kupwara Police for cracking the hit and run case in a shortest time.
