Civilian shot dead, another injured by unknown gunmen in separate incidents in Budgam and Pulwama
Militants on Monday shot dead a civilian and injured a non-local vendor in two separate incidents in Budgam and Pulwama districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
“Around 7:20 pm, terrorists fired at and injured a civilian, Tajamul Mohiuddin Rather, near his residence in Gothpora area of Budgam in central Kashmir,” a police official said.
Rather was rushed to the hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.
In the second incident in Pulwama, a non-local vendor, Bisujeet Kumar from Bihar, was injured after militants fired at him at Circular Road, the official said.
The injured has been shifted to the Pulwama hospital, police said.
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