J&K: Injured councillor succumbs, death toll 3 in Sopore attack
Preliminary investigation indicates that a local terrorist Mudasir Pandit of proscribed terror outfit LeT and a foreign terrorist are involved in the Sopore terror attack, police said on Monday.
FollowThe Municipal councillor injured in a suspected militant attack in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district yesterday succumbed to his injuries, taking the death toll in the attack to three.
Preliminary investigation indicates that a local terrorist Mudasir Pandit of proscribed terror outfit LeT and a foreign terrorist are involved in the Sopore terror attack, police said on Monday.
On March 29, at about 1310 hours Sopore Police received information about a terror crime incident near SDH Sopore where terrorists had attacked municipal councillors. Senior police and CAPF officers along with their teams immediately reached at the terror crime spot, as per a statement from Jammu and Kashmir police.
As per police, two militants belonging to LeT outfit attacked the municipal councilors yesterday afternoon in Sopore town, leaving a councillor and a policeman dead and another councillor injured.
The injured councillor, who was identified as Shams-ud-Din Peer of Khushal Colony Sopore was shifted from SDH Sopore to SMHS Hospital Srinagar for specialised treatment.
However, he succumbed to his injuries at the facility during the night, sources said.
The area was immediately sealed off in the aftermath of the shooting but the attackers escaped. A search operation is on, an official told PTI.
CRPF personnel and others were later present in a wreath-laying ceremony conducted for the two deceased.
