SRINAGAR: Unidentified terrorists shot dead a defender in Hawal area of the Srinagar on Thursday, police said.
The ultras shot the lawyer Babar Qadri at her Hawal residence around 6:25 pm from close range before fleeing the scene, a police officer said.
Qadri, in his 40s, was rushed to the SKIMS hospital, where doctors declared him “dead upon arrival,” according to the official.
The defender, who used to appear on television debates and write opinion pages for local newspapers, was not to the liking of separatist circles.
Three days ago, he tweeted a screenshot and urged Jammu police to register an FIR against a Facebook user for spreading an “incorrect campaign” against him.
“I urge the State Police administration to register FIR against this Shah Nazir who has spread a wrong campaign that I work for agencies. This false statement may lead to a threat to my life, Qadri had written in his last tweet.
The ultras shot the lawyer Babar Qadri at her Hawal residence around 6:25 pm from close range before fleeing the scene, a police officer said.
Qadri, in his 40s, was rushed to the SKIMS hospital, where doctors declared him “dead upon arrival,” according to the official.
The defender, who used to appear on television debates and write opinion pages for local newspapers, was not to the liking of separatist circles.
Three days ago, he tweeted a screenshot and urged Jammu police to register an FIR against a Facebook user for spreading an “incorrect campaign” against him.
“I urge the State Police administration to register FIR against this Shah Nazir who has spread a wrong campaign that I work for agencies. This false statement may lead to a threat to my life, Qadri had written in his last tweet.
I urge the administration of the State Police to register FIR against this Shah Nazir who has spread a wrong campaign that I… https://t.co/9q4DrHAplH
– Truth by Babar Qadri (@BabarTruth) 1600685460000
The defender becomes the second political or social activist to be shot dead by terrorists in the last 24 hours.
Bhupinder Singh, a member of the bloc’s development council in the Khag area of Budgam district, was shot dead by militants in his ancestral Dalwash village on Wednesday night.
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