Unknown gunmen on Monday shot at and wounded an employee of Rural Development Department in Nildoora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Official sources told news agency GNS that the gunmen fired upon Sabzar Ahmad Naikoo son of Abdul Rasheed Naikoo at his native, leaving him critically injured.
He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where from he was shifted to a Srinagar hospital for specialized treatment in view of critical injuries.
A senior police officer told GNS that Naikoo works in Rural Development Department.