Cops Didn't Allow Me To Take Father's Body To Srinagar Due To Amarnath Traffic: Kashmiri Govt Official

A government official on Thursday alleged that an ambulance carrying his father’s body was stopped for several hours because of restrictions along the Jammu-Srinagar highway in view of special arrangements made for vehicles carrying pilgrims for the Amarnath Yatra.

The father of Imtiyaz Wani, the director of state finance department, died of cancer at a hospital in Delhi and he was travelling back to Srinagar in the ambulance with the body when they were allegedly stopped near Nagrota.

Jammu and Kashmir Police spokesman Manoj Kumar said once the facts were ascertained, the ambulance was allowed to proceed. “This is total misrepresentation of facts,” he said.