Man injured In Downtown Srinagar Succumbs

Srinagar, Nov 8 : The man injured after being fired upon by unknown gunmen, suspected to be militants, at Bohri kadal area of downtown Srinagar succumbed to the injured at a hospital here on Monday evening.

Official sources said that gunmen fired upon the man identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (45), working as salesman, son of Ghulam Mohammad Khan of Ashtangi Bandipora, leaving him critically injured. The man with bullet injuries in left side chest and abdominal was rushed to SMHS hospital.

Dr Kanwaljeet Singh, medical superintendent of the hospital, said Khan succumbed to the wounds.

Meanwhile, a police spokesman in a statement to local news agency  said that at 8:10 pm, police received information about the crime incident at Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar. “Preliminary investigations revealed that militants had fired upoun one civilian identified as Muhammad Ibrahim Khan son of Ghulam Muhammad Khan, resident of Ashtengoo, Bandipora. In this incident, Ibrahim received critical gunshot injured and was shifted to nearby hospital for treatment where he succumbed,” the police spokesman said.

He said that the police have registered a case in this regard. “Investigations is in progress and officers continue to work to establish the circumstances which lead to this crime. Area has been cordoned off and search operation has been launched in the area,” the spokesman said.