Gunmen on Friday evening shot dead a civilian in Tral township of south Kashmir Pulwama district.
The slain, identified as Shabir Ahmad Bhat son of Muhamad Sidiq Bhat, was a car dealer.
A police official said Bhat was shot dead by militants inside his vehicle, bearing registration number, CH 01 AQ/ 8750 on Tral-Gamraz road near his residence at Tral Payeen.
“The gunmen signalled him to stop his vehicle and later fired at point blank range on his head,” he said. Bhat was rushed to sub-district hospital Tral where doctors declared him dead at arrival.
Soon after the attack, police and army cordoned off the area and launched searches to nab the assailants, said the official. A case has been registered into the incident, he added.