Suspected militants shot dead a police constable detailed with a newly-elected legislator in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday morning. An elected village representative associated with National Conference (NC) was wounded in the attack.
Police said that Zahoor Ahmad Dar, security driver of MlA-elect Abdul Majid Bhat, who won recent assembly election from Homeshalibugh constituency of South Kashmir’s Kulgam, was on way to his office when unknown gunmen sprayed bullets on him. Dar was riding pillion on a motorbike when unknown assailants launched the attack. He was rushed to hospital but succumbed to injuries midway. The biker Zahoor Ahmed Elahi also received bullet injury. His condition was reported stable.