Briefs: Two cops injured as escort vehicle of Cong leader collides with truck

Two cops were injured when an escort vehicle of Congress national general secretary and MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in the Ramban district on Friday, officials said. Mir escaped unhurt in the mishap. "Today, an accident took place at Peerah on the highway, in which an escort vehicle of his cavalcade coming from Jammu towards Srinagar collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction," Senior Superintendent of Police, Ramban, Kulbir Singh said. Due to the collision, two cops sitting in the escort vehicle suffered injuries and were hospitalised for treatment, he said, adding that the condition of both is stable.

Mortar shell found in village on Jammu outskirts, defused

Jammu: Security forces detected and defused a mortar shell in a village on the outskirts of Jammu, officials said on Friday. They said the mortar shell was fired from Pakistan during the recent military standoff. Locals found the heavy shell near the fields in a village in the Bishnah area and informed police, the officials said. A bomb disposal squad was called to the spot and defused the shell, they said.