Truck driver shot dead by militants in south Kashmir

SRINAGAR: A truck driver was killed by suspected militants on Monday in Anantnag district, police said, a day before a delegation of European Union MPs visits the Valley.

Narayan Dutt, a resident of Katra in Udhampur district, was fired upon by the militants in the evening in the Kanilwan area of Bijbehara in the south Kashmir district, a police official said.

Dutt died on the spot, he added. (AGENCIES)