Archive · 8 Aug 2026
SUV Breaches J&K Checkpoints, Police Open Fire, One Arrested
Very early on Friday morning, a big car called a Scorpio was driving on a highway in Jammu and Kashmir, a region in India.
Police officers were standing at a checkpoint called Chanderkote, and they told the driver to stop.
The driver did not stop, and the car sped away down the highway.
Police fired three warning shots to try to make the car stop.
The car kept going and escaped from the checkpoint.
Later, police found the car left on a road about 8 to 9 kilometers away from the highway.
The people inside the car ran away into the nearby forest.
Police caught one of them, a man named Altaf Mohammad, but they think two more people are still hiding.
Many officers from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, the CRPF, and the Army are searching the area.
Police want to find the people who ran away and understand why they did not stop.
A Scorpio SUV ignored stop signals and breached security checkpoints on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir, early Friday.
Police fired three warning shots as the vehicle sped from the Chanderkote checkpoint toward the Nashri area around 3:30 am.
The car was later found abandoned about 8-9 km from NH-44, and its occupants, believed to be three, fled into nearby forests.
Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested Altaf Mohammad of Kirmchi from Udhampur in connection with the breach; two other occupants remain in hiding.
A massive joint search operation involving J&K Police, CRPF, and the Army is underway to trace the absconding occupants and determine the motive.
- Who
- An unnamed driver of a Scorpio SUV and its believed three occupants; Altaf Mohammad of Kirmchi from Udhampur, arrested by J&K Police; SSP Ramban Arun Gupta; and search teams from the Jammu and Kashmir Police, CRPF, and Army.
- What
- The SUV breached a security checkpoint at Chanderkote despite stop signals, police fired three warning shots, and the abandoned vehicle was found about 8-9 km from NH-44; one occupant has been arrested while two remain in hiding.
- When
- Early Friday, around 3:30 am.
- Where
- Chanderkote checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44) in Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir; the vehicle was later found near Dalwas, about 8-9 km from the highway.
- Why
- The motive behind the breach is under investigation; police were stationed at the checkpoint in view of the ongoing Amarnath yatra.
- Vehicle
- Scorpio SUV
- Location
- Chanderkote checkpoint, Jammu-Srinagar National Highway (NH-44), Ramban district, Jammu and Kashmir
- Time of Incident
- Around 3:30 am, Friday
- Direction of Travel
- Srinagar toward Jammu
- Shots Fired by Police
- 3 warning rounds
- Vehicle Status
- Abandoned about 8-9 km from NH-44 and seized by police
- Arrest
- Altaf Mohammad of Kirmchi from Udhampur; two other occupants still in hiding
- Search Operation
- Joint manhunt by J&K Police, CRPF, and Army; motive under investigation
