Govt employee shot dead by terrorists in J&K’s Rajouri

Jammu, April 22 (IANS) A government employee was shot by terrorists in J&K’s Rajouri district on Monday evening and succumbed to his injuries in a hospital, officials said.

Officials said that terrorists fired at Mohd Razaq of Kunda Tope village in the Shahdhara Sharif area of Rajouri.

“He was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to critical injuries. Terrorists had fired four pistol shots at the victim from close range,” an official said.

As per officials, Razaq was an employee of the Social Welfare Department and the brother of a Territorial Army soldier.

The area has been surrounded for searches to trace the assailants, an official said.

–IANS

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