Srinagar, July 16 -- Srinagar- Kulgam Police claimed to have solved a hit-and-run case linked to the death of an 11-year-old girl by arresting the accused from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow area following an extensive investigation.

Officials said that the vehicle involved in the incident was also traced and seized from Bareilly, around 250 kilometres from where the accused had taken refuge, reported news agency KNO.

They said the arrest comes six days after the fatal accident near KP Colony, Vessu, on July 10, when an unidentified vehicle hit the minor girl. She was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, where she later succumbed to her injuries.

Following the incident, the victim's family held protest on the Jammu-Srinagar ...