Salesman working at a Kahsmiri Pandit's grocery store killed by terrorists in Srinagar

New Delhi, November 9

A day after a policeman was shot in Srinagar, salesman working at a Kashmir Pandit’s shop was killed by militants.

The deceased was identified as Mohammad Ibrahim Khan (45) of Bandipora who worked as a salesman at a grocery shop run by Roshan Lal Mawa. 

The police added that Mawa had migrated to Delhi at the onset of militancy in the Valley in the early ’90s, he had returned to Srinagar in May 2019 and reopened his wholesale grocery store in the Old City area.

The police said he suffered bullet injuries in the chest and abdomen.
The Srinagar police have beefed up security and carrying out searches in the area.

The Kashmir Zone Police have deployed more troops in the Valley since attacks on civilians increased last month.

The Kashmir Zone Police stated, “Preliminary investigation has revealed that terrorists fired upon one civilian… He sustained critical gunshot injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where he succumbed to his injuries".

On November 8, a policeman was shot in the Batamaloo neighbourhood of Srinagar by suspected militants.

Srinagar has been on high alert since last month. On October 5, two civilians — a local Kashmiri Pandit and a labourer from Bihar — were shot in the city, followed by the killing of a school principal and her colleague two days later. On October 16, a migrant vendor was shot at in the Eidgah locality of Srinagar.

The Centre had sent additional 5,000 paramilitary personnel to the Valley following the incidents, most of them posted in Srinagar city.