Gunmen kill Sopore man

May 27, 2015 02:16 am | Updated 02:16 am IST - SRINAGAR:

A day after suspected militants attacked a BSNL franchise outlet in Sopore in north Kashmir, killing one person and wounding two others, unidentified gunmen killed a 54-year-old man in his house in Dooru village in Sopore.

The police said that the man had a mobile tower in his compound and that he had been warned by the gunmen to shut down a week ago.

“Ghulam Hassan Dar was shot inside his living room at around 9.30 pm while he was watching a cricket match. His family was in the kitchen at the time of his killing,” Superintendent of Police Abdul Qayoom told The Hindu .

Mr. Qayoom said that Mr. Dar had been warned by unknown gunmen a week ago to shut down the mobile tower in his compound and he had, in fact, shut it down.

“Dar was himself a former militant, who was released in 1998 after serving time in the prison, and his son, Tanvir Ahmad, is a Sarpanch of the village,” Mr. Qayoom said.

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