July 31: Today army unit of 06 Maratha LI approached Police Post Izmarg Gurez Bandipora and reported that one Abdullah Hajam age about 53-54 years resident of Tarbal was with them for a search operation during the intervening night of 30-31/7/21. While conduction search in dense forest area along with said person, suddenly he slipped into a deep nalla and got injured. He was shifted to Bn headquarters for treatment. However, despite all possible efforts the injured succumbed to his injuries before being shifted to other hospital.
On receipt of the said report, an inquest proceeding has been initiated into the incident to ascertain the facts & circumstances leading to this incident. The medico-legal formalities were completed at Sub District Hopital Gurez. Investigation in the matter is in progress.