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A school building was gutted in fire on Oct 20, 2016 late night. (KL Image)
A school building was gutted in fire on Oct 20, 2016 at Watoo village of Aharabal in South Kashmir. late night. (KL Image)

Police on Friday said that a youth tried to end his life by consuming some poisonous substance at his home in Kupwara.

“A 17-year-old youth Kamran Khaliq, son of Abdul Khaliq Lone, resident of Shumnag, Trehgam consumed some poisonous substance at his home. He was shifted to District Hospital Kupwara for treatment, where from he was shifted to SKIMS Soura, Srinagar for further treatment,” police said in a statement issued this afternoon.

Police arrested a drug peddler and recovered contraband substance from his possession.

A police party of Devsar laid a naka and during checking, a fruit laden Trawler bearing registration number JK18A-2432 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad Wani, son of Ghulam Nabi Wani, resident of Chawalgam, Kulgam was stopped.

“On checking the vehicle about 07 kilograms of poppy straw was recovered from the vehicle,” the statement said.

The police statement said that six structures including a Government School were damaged in two separate fire incidents in Kulgam and Shopian.

Fire broke out in Government Girls School Wattoo D H Pora, Kulgam, resulting in the damage to the structure.

Fire broke out in the residential house of Wali Mohammad Wagay resident of Baderhama, Shopian which engulfed the nearby residential house of Mushtaq Ahmad and three cowsheds, resulting in damage to all the structures.

However, no loss of life or injury was reported in these incidents.

Three persons were injured in a road accident in Kupwara.

A Truck bearing registration number JK09-3108 carrying LPG cylinders skidded off the road near Upper Nechyein Karnah, Kupwara, resulting in injuries to Shafeeq Ahmad Qureshi, Shafeeq Ahmad Sheikh, Shamas Ahmad Chek, residents of village Khodpora.

All the injured were shifted to sub-district Hospital Tanghdar for treatment.

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