Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said militants shot dead a civilian in Shopian’s Kachdoora. The police have identified the deceased as 24-year-old Tanveer Ahmad Dar, a resident of Bemnipora, Greater Kashmir reported.
The police have retrieved his body and will hand it over to the family after completing the necessary procedures, a statement said. A joint team of Army and Special Operations Group personnel initiated a cordon-and-search operation at the site.
A case has been registered and investigators are looking into the matter.
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