Pulwama (NVI): A 35-year-old man was shot at by suspected militants outside his village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district today.
The suspected militants carried out the attack in Wasura hamlet of the district.
Police sources said that a group of suspected militants emerged in the village and fired upon a man in his leg. He was immediately shifted to hospital.
The victim, who according to hospital sources is stable, has been identified as Mushtaq Ahmed Dar son of Asadullah Dar, a resident of Wasura village of Pulwama.
Local sources said that the victim had acted as a polling agent to Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) backed National Conference candidate Mukhtar Ahmad Bandh in yesterday’s phase 5th of DDC elections in Litter Constituency of Pulwama.
-ARK
