SRINAGAR: Unidentified assailants late Saturday evening shot dead a former Hizb militant in Ramnagri village of Shopian district.
An unspecified number of armed assailants barged into the house of former Hizbul Mujahideen militant Shabir Ahmad Mir son of Abdul Rashid Mir at Check Ramnagri village at around 8.00 p.m, a senior police official said.
He said that the gunmen opened indiscriminate firing on Mir before fleeing from the spot.
The 33-year-old Mir was rushed to the hospital by his relatives and neighbours but he succumbed on the way, he said.
Soon after the incident, army and police launched searches in the area to nab the assailants, sources said.
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