SRINAGAR: Off-roading has hit its first legal hump in Kashmir just as its popularity was accelerating, with a case filed against a social media influencer amid public and political outrage over use of high-powered 4x4 vehicles through the region’s lush meadows and forests. Off-roading refers to driving vehicles through unpaved and unfamiliar routes in remote areas, including through snow, narrow forest trails or rocky routes. Police in central Kashmir’s Budgam registered the case under Indian Forest Act against Imad-ur-Rehman after a video surfaced showing youngsters driving Thar vehicles in the ecologically sensitive Brenwar forests of Pir Panjal mountains. The video has evoked intense debate on social media with many urging the administration to take action against what they called

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