In the second incident in as many days, suspected militants today shot at and
injured a woman panchayat member in Sopore area in Baramulla district of north
Kashmir.
Militants shot Zoona, wife of Mohammad Ramzan, in the neck at her house at
Hardshiva Sopore, some 52-km from here, police said.
The woman panchayat member was taken to a hospital in Sopore but was referred
here for treatment.
This is second attack on panchayat members in as many days in Sopore.
Militants yesterday shot dead sarpanch Habibullah Mir in Sopore.
In south Kashmir, ultras shot dead a civilian after abducting him in Pulwama
district.
The militants kidnapped Mohammad Shafi Dar, a contractor by profession, from his
native Aglar village in Pulwama, at around 5 pm yesterday, police said.
Dar's bullet-riddled body was recovered from a nearby village late last night.
No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack.
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