Unknown assailants shot at and critically injured a functionary of ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at Barzulla in capital Srinagar while four persons were injured in a grenade blast in south Kashmir’s Shopian town on Wednesday.
Police sources said that suspected militants opened fire on ruling PDP’s block president Abdul Qayoom Teli outside his residence at Old Barzalla locality around 8.30 pm. He has received three bullets. Teli’s family immediately shifted him to Sri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital where his condition was reported critical.
The militants have intensified attacks on pro-India political workers. last month two ruling party workers including a district president and a former functionary of opposition National Conference were killed in separate incidents in south Kashmir’s Pulwama and Shopian districts.
Meanwhile, a hand-grenade was lobbed on an anti-insurgency police camp at Imamsahab in Shopian district of south Kashmir. According to reports four civilians have been injured in the attack.
A search operation was launched in the area soon after the attack.