J K News Today
Srinagar, April 25
A Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Patel was shot dead by militants in Rajpora, Pulwama , on Wednesday.
An official said that gunmen fired at the vehicle of PDP activist Ghulam Nabi Patel at Rajpora chowk, leaving him and his two PSOs – Imtiyaz Ahmad Zargar and Bilal Ahmad Lone – injured.
Patel, a resident of Dangerpora Shadimarg, who was formerly associated with the Congress Party, later succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital.
A police spokesman, in a statement, said that the militants fired upon a vehicle at Rajpura chowk in which Ghulam Nabi Patel resident of Dangerpora Shadimarg and two policemen got injured.
Gh Nabi Patel succumbed to his injuries in the fatal attack, he said.
However, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti described Patel as Congress activist . She tweeted : “ Heartfelt condolences to the family of senior Congress leader , G N Patel who was killed by militants today in Rajpora. Such cowardly acts achieve nothing but leave one more family devastated.
