Power department employee, injured in militant firing, succumbs in Srinagar
Srinagar/UNI: A Power Development Department (PDD) employee, who was shot at and critically wounded by militants in Batamaloo area of Srinagar on Saturday night, succumbed in the hospital, official sources said this morning.
They said militants fired upon a PDD employee Mohammad Shafi Dar at Sheikh Dawood Colony, Batamaloo last night.
However, he was immediately rushed to SMHS hospital where he succumbed in the wee hours on Sunday.
Earlier, a civilian Abdul Majeed Guru son of Abdul Rehman, a resident of Chattabal was shot dead by militants at Karan Nagar area in the city.
Though security forces conducted search operations at both the places, no one was detained.
Meanwhile, police have filed cases and started investigations.
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