Forest department official shot dead in J-K’s Baramulla by suspect LeT militants

Initial investigation establishes the involvement of LeT militant Yousuf Dar alias Kantroo, police said.

Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba militants shot dead a Forest Department official tonight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, police said.

The forest department official sustained critical injuries and later succumbed. (PTI File Photo)

“Terrorists this evening barged inside Tariq Ahmad Malik’s house in Zandpal area in Tangmarg and fired upon him,” a police spokesman said.

Malik sustained critical injuries and later succumbed, he said.

Police have registered a case and initial investigation establishes the involvement of LeT militant Yousuf Dar alias Kantroo, the spokesman said.