Area cordoned, search launched
Srinagar, Nov 13 : Unidentified gunmen shot dead a shopkeeper at Tral in South Kashmir’s Puwlama district on Wednesday, police said.
According to wire service— the slain was identified as Mehraj-ud-din, a shopkeeper by profession. “He died on the spot,” a police officer said, adding that probe has been started and case filed.
Soon after the attack, police and other security forces rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area.
On August 30, unidentified gunmen shot dead a 65-year-old shopkeeper at Parimpora area of Srinagar. On September 30, unidentified gunmen shot at apple grower at Sopore leaving the grower and four others including a four-year-old girl injured. (KNO)