SRINAGAR: Terrorists shot dead a salesman in Bohri Kadal area here on Monday, within 24 hours of killing a police constable in his rented accommodation in Batmaloo area, also in Srinagar. He is the 12th civilian to be killed since October 2 this year.
Mohammad Ibrahim (45) was grievously wounded in Monday’s attack and succumbed to his injuries in hospital, doctors said. Ibrahim was a salesman for the shop of a Kashmiri Pandit, Roshan Lal Mawa, who reopened his small business at Bohri Kadal on May 1, 2019 on returning to the Valley after 29 years.
28 civilians killed in J&K this year
Kashmiri Pandit Roshan Lal Mawa had returned to reopen his shop in old Srinagar city and local Muslims celebrating his return had even tied the traditional welcome turban on him and his son, Dr Sandeep Mawa, who had helped fulfil his father’s dream of returning to the Valley. “I migrated to Delhi where I did good business. I own a house there, but all these 29 years I have lived like a fish out of water. I always wanted to return to my home, which is Kashmir,” Roshan Lal Mawa had said at the time. The salesman shot on Monday worked for him.
The constable shot dead on Sunday was Tausif Ahmad. “At about 8 pm, terrorists fired at Ahmad near his residence in Batamaloo,” a police official said.
Eleven civilians have been killed by terrorists between October 2 and 17, including two teachers and pharmacy owner M L Bindroo.
