A 12-year-old girl was today mowed down by an Army vehicle in Shopian district, police said.
“Aroofa Farooq, a resident of the Aglar Zainapora area of the district, was hit and injured by an Army vehicle near her residence this morning,” a police official said.
He said Aroofa was taken to the sub-district hospital, Zainapora, where she succumbed to her injuries.
A case FIR number 41/2017 under section 279, 304 (A) was filed in police station Zainpora regarding the accident.
Police has detained the driver and seized the vehicle involved in the accident.
Further investigation into the matter is going on.