New Delhi:
Terrorists on Wednesday shot dead a shopkeeper in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Mehraj-ud-din, a resident of Tral, was shot at by terrorists in his shop in Tral area of South Kashmir, a police official said. The shopkeeper died on the spot, the official added.
The incident comes hours after the police said a terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Monday morning.
While one terrorist was killed on Sunday during a gunfight between security forces in Lawdara village, about 55 km from Srinagar, another was killed this morning, they said.
The encounter broke out when security forces launched a search operation following specific information about the presence of some terrorists.
