Srinagar: A truck driver died under mysterious circumstances during checking at Jakhani Check Naka in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday.
Reports said the driver identified as 40-year-old Tirlochan Singh of Jammu was on his way from Kashmir to Maharashtra with a fruit-laden truck and was intercepted by police at Jakhani Check Naka in Udhampur.
The transporters alleged that the driver was “beaten to death by the police” during checking at Jakhani Check Naka, and demanded an in-depth probe into the matter and urged authorities to bring facts to the fore.
The body of the deceased was taken to Government Medical College Udhampur for autopsy and afterwards handed over to family members for last rites.