Civilian shot dead in Kashmir’s Baramulla

A civilian was shot dead by militants north Kashmir’s Baramulla district while a paramilitary CRPF personnel was injured in a grenade attack in southern Pulwama district on Saturday.

Reports said unidentified militants shot at Arjumand Majid Bhat (35) alias Raju Mistry at his shop in Baramulla, 55 kms from here, at around 4.50 pm, resulting in his on-spot death.

Bhat, a resident of Khwaja Bagh Baramulla, was shot five times by the gunmen, they said. Like most of the civilian killings, no militant organisation claimed responsibility for Bhat’s killing.

In a separate incident, militants lobbed a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, leaving a paramilitary man injured

Reports said that militants hurled a grenade towards a CRPF bunker located in the premises of State Bank of India at around 3: 40 pm. The grenade exploded outside the bunker, they said.