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Man killed after J&K Deputy CM’s convoy vehicle hits him in Jammu

Man killed after J&K Deputy CM’s convoy vehicle hits him in Jammu

A 55-year-old man named Bharat Kaper from Bihar was killed on Saturday night in Jammu after being struck by a vehicle from Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary's convoy. The accident occurred around 9:05 pm in Gangyal, on the outskirts of Jammu, as the convoy was returning from dropping the Deputy Chief Minister at his residence.

Kaper, a resident of Samastipur, was crossing the road when the speeding Scorpio vehicle from the convoy hit him. The driver immediately stopped and took Kaper to Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu, but doctors pronounced him dead upon arrival. Police registered an FIR and began investigating the incident to determine the exact circumstances leading to the collision.

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