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| Civilian gunned down in Jawahar Nagar | | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, Mar 12: In just third incident of its type in the uptown Jawahar Nagar locality in the last 20 years of militancy, suspected militants gunned down a civilian at his brother's shop this evening.
Informed sources told Early Times that two unidentified youth, widely believed to be militants, appeared at a hosiery shop near Abu Bakar Masjid at 2015 hours this evening and fired pistol shots on 27-year-old Arif Mushtaq Bhat alias Urfi Maulvi S/o Mushtaq Ahmed Bhat. He was brother of the shopkeeper and a resident of the same locality. After the gunmen vanished back on their motorcycle, some shopkeepers evacuated the critically injured civilian to SMHS Hospital where he breathed his last.
This is only third time in the last 20 years that suspected militants have struck on a soft target and shot him dead in the crowded marketplace. On February 10, 2005, militants had similarly gunned down a veteran social worker and National Conference's elected councilor and would-be Mayor of Srinagar, Mohammad Maqbool Khaksaar when he was returning to his home in Ikhrajpora mohalla after leading evening prayers at the local mosque.
Suspected militants had gunned down a stationery shop owner at Sir Sayyed Market two years before striking on Khaksaar.
Today's shootout took place in close vicinity of the residential colony of highly protected persons including MLAs, MLCs, Members of Parliament, judges, mediapersons, Heads of Departments of government and senior Police officials.
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