Srinagar, July 16 -- Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said that it solved the fatal hit-and-run case involving an 11-year-old girl in Kulgam by arresting the accused from Uttar Pradesh and seizing the offending Grand Vitara vehicle.

The accused was identified as Arun Gupta a resident of Behrinbagh, Barabanki district of Uttar Pradesh.

Police said the case relates to an accident on July 10 near KP Colony in Vessu, Kulgam where an unidentified vehicle hit an 11-year-old girl. She was shifted to Government Medical College (GMC), Anantnag, but later succumbed to her injuries.

Police registered case at Police Station Qazigund under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and constituted a special investigation team.

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