J&K police shoot suspected militants in Shopian, probe ordered

Suspected militants on Wednesday shot dead a civilian in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Militants fired upon Tanveer Ahmad Dar, a resident of the Bemnipora area of south Kashmir's Shopian district, near Kachdoora village in the afternoon, a police official said. He said Dar received critical injuries which led to his instant death. A case has been registered and an investigation started, the official said.