In yet another targeted killing in J&K, Kashmiri Pandit working as an armed guard shot dead in Pulwama.
Terrorists shot dead a man belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday, the police said, in another targeted killing in the Valley. The terrorists fired upon the man, identified as Sanjay Sharma working as an armed guard in his village, in the Achan area of the south Kashmir district in the morning hours. He was rushed to a hospital where he died.
“Terrorists fired upon one civilian from minority namely Sanjay Sharma S/O Kashinath Sharma R/O Achan Pulwama while on way to local market. He was shifted to hospital however, he succumbed to injuries. There was Armed guard in his village. Area cordoned off. Details shall follow,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police tweeted.
The area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the assailants, the officials said.