SRINAGAR- Indian Congress top leader Ghulam Nabi Patel was shot dead bymilitants in Pulwama’s Rajpora in occupied Jammu and Kashmir onWednesday. His vehicle was fired upon when he was coming to Pulwama fromYader. He later succumbed to injuries on the way to the hospital.
Expressing condolence, J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti tweeted:
J&K Congress leader, Salman Anees Soz, said, “In a despicable attack,Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Patel was shot dead in Rajpora, Kashmir. Mydeepest condolences to his family. His two PSOs are battling injuries.Please keep them in your prayers.”
National Conference leader and former J&K CM posted on Twitter:
Patel’s two personal security officers also sustained injuries. Militantsfled with their service rifles. Patel was a resident of DangerporaShadimarg. He was earlier a leader of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP).
Meanwhile, four Youth were killed, while two security forces’ personnelalso lost their lives, in a fake encounter that had broken out in theforest area in the Pulwama district in J&K on Tuesday.