Ultras barge into Kupwara house, gun down civilian

A civilian was gunned down by unidentified gunmen in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, officials said on Sunday. The gunmen, believed to be two, barged into the house of Ghulam Rasool Magray in the Kandi Khas area late Saturday night and opened fire, leaving him critically injured.

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A senior official said Magray, in his 40s, was shifted to a Handwara hospital, from where he was referred to Srinagar’s Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Magray is survived by his mother and two brothers. One of his brothers is based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Soon after the attack, security forces conduct a search operation. The Jammu and Kashmir Police have launched an investigation.

Handwara MLA Sajad Lone demanded a through probe into the civilian’s killing. Langate MLA Shiekh Khursheed, in a post on X, said “Tragedy struck the family of Ghulam Rasool Magray, who was shot dead by terrorists, leaving behind his mother, Hajrah Begum, with no one left to wipe her tears.” “A heartbreaking silence now fills their shattered home,” he added.