Motorcyclist and his pillion rider was killed in a road mishap in Lolab area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday afternoon.

News agency GNS quoting a police official reported that a motorcycle bearing registration number JK01AB 3829 was hit by an unidentified vehicle at Rednag area of Lolab, resulting in critical injuries to the motorcyclist and his pillion rider. “The duo was taken to a nearby health facility, where both of them were declared as brought dead on arrival”, the official said.

The official in the meantime identified the deceased duo as Adil Ahmad Shah son of Nisaar Ahmad Shah and Rashid Ahmad Shah son of Ghulam Hassan Shah, both residents of Baba Hayatpora Lolab.

“We have registered a case into the incident for further investigations”, the official added.