RDD Employee Shot at In Shopian, Shifted To Srinagar Hospital

Unknown gunmen on Monday evening fired upon a youth, an employee in the Rural Development Department, in Nildoora village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district.

Official sources told local news agency that the gunmen fired upon the youth, Sabzar Ahmad Naikoo son of Abdul Rasheed Naikoo in the native Nildora village, leaving him critically injured. He was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where from he was shifted to Srinagar hospital for specialized treatment owing to “critical injuries”.

A senior police officer told agency that Naikoo worked in the Rural Development Department.
Meanwhile, a team of Police reached the spot and has started an investigation in this regard, the official sources said.