Man shot dead in southern Kashmir’s Tral

SRINAGAR — A 30-year-old man was killed by unknown gunmen in Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday evening.

Reports reaching here said that the unknown gunmen fired upon the man namely Shabir Ahmad Bhat (30) son of Mohammad Sideeq Bhat in Tral town in the evening.

The incident occurred when Bhat was driving his car (Duster vehicle CH 01AQ / 8750) on Tral-Gamraz road.

Bhat, a resident of Tral Payeen, was hit in his head and was immediately shifted to Sub-District Hospital Tral where he was declared brought dead.

A senior police officer confirmed the killing and said searches have been launched to track down the attackers.

Pertinently, Bhat was dealing with selling and purchasing vehicles, the officer said.