Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Apr 2: Militants this evening shot dead a 28-year-old youth in Larkipora area of Fatehpora in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
A police officer said that Mohammad Saleem Dar, 28, son of Mohammad Abdullah Dar, a resident of Larkipora, Fatehpora was fired upon by the militants this evening.
Dar, received four bullet wounds and was taken to Government Medical College (GMC) Anantnag. He was declared as brought dead in the hospital.
Soon after the incident, a joint team of police and Army launched searches in the area and hunt has been launched against the militants responsible for the killing.
This is the fifth killing in South Kashmir in last one month.