Territorial Army trooper succumbs to injuries in Anantnag

SRINAGAR — Suspected militants shot at a Territorial Army trooper in Jablipora area of Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday.

Sources said that militants fired upon Territorial Army trooper identified as Mohammed Saleem Akhoon (45), leaving him critically injured. Saleem was serving in the Territorial Army.

They said that Saleem received multiple bullet wounds in his head and abdomen and was admitted in Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag for treatment; however he succumbed to his injuries.

Meanwhile, a police official said that the whole area has been cordoned off to nab the fleeing militants and a case has been registered in this regard.