J&K: CBI lawyer killed in highway crash; accused driver arrested
Tragedy struck on the Srinagar-Jammu highway as CBI prosecutor Sheikh Adil Nabi, 35, lost his life in a collision near Banihal. His car was struck from behind by a speeding Scorpio. Police have apprehended the Scorpio's driver, Mohammad Shafi, in connection with the incident.
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SRINAGAR: J&K police have arrested the driver of a car allegedly involved in a highway crash in Ramban district that killed CBI prosecutor Sheikh Adil Nabi, 35, officials said Saturday.Nabi was critically injured Thursday when his Alto K-10 was hit from behind by a speeding Scorpio near Banihal on Srinagar–Jammu NH. He was taken to sub-district hospital at Banihal and later shifted to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences in Srinagar, where he died around 10pm, family sources said.An FIR has been registered. Police seized the Scorpio and arrested Mohammad Shafi of Nadirgund Peerbagh in Srinagar.A resident of Kandipora village in Bijbehara in south Kashmir, Nabi was returning home when the crash occurred. Hundreds attended his funeral prayers Friday, as grief rippled through the legal fraternity. Nabi had cleared the UPSC examination in 2024 and was recently appointed public prosecutor with CBI in Chandigarh.