Non-local labourer shot dead in Kulgam

SRINAGAR — Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants shot dead a non-local labourer in Neehama area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district late on Friday.

Official sources told GNS that the 35-year-old labourer identified as Shankar Choudhary of Bihar was brought to District Hospital Kulgam from Neehama where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Dr Muzaffar Zargar, Medical Superintendent District Hospital Kulgam, confirmed to GNS that the non-local had bullet injuries in the head. “He was brought dead,” he said.

A police officer told GNS that investigations have been launched into the incident.