Srinagar: A man working in the education department was shot dead by militants in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday, police said.
“Terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a civilian identified as Javeed Ah Malik near his house at Lurgam in Tral,” said a police spokesman on Twitter.
Reports said that the attack took place at around 9:35 pm.
#Terrorists fired indiscriminately upon a #civilian identified as Javeed Ah Malik near his house at Larugam #Tral, #Awantipora. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he #succumbed to his injuries. Area cordoned off. Search in the area is going on to nab the #terrorists.
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 23, 2021
Malik (35), who was posted at GHS Khalil, was wounded in the attack following which he was shifted to Sub District Hospital Tral where doctors declared him dead on arrival, reported news agency GNS.