A Personal Security Officer (PSO) of the Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ramban was injured after being hit by a shooting stone near Karool on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44), officials said on Monday.The injured policeman has been identified as Ravinder Singh, a Selection Grade Constable of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Officials said Singh was part of the security detail of Additional SP Ramban, Mujeeb Ur Rehman, who was present at the site supervising ongoing restoration work on the highway following recent landslides in the area.
The incident occurred when stones started rolling down from a hillside, and one of them struck the PSO, leaving him injured. He was immediately shifted to District Hospital Ramban for treatment.
Meanwhile, restoration work on the affected stretch of NH-44 continued despite intermittent shooting stones, with authorities monitoring the situation closely.