A Punjab-based apple trader was killed and another injured in a militant attack in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday evening, police said.
Charanjeet Singh and Sanjeev were shot at Trenz by 3-4 militants around 7.30 pm, police said. They were taken to the district hospital in Pulwama in a critical condition.
Charanjeet succumbed to his injuries while Sanjeev's condition is stated to be critical, they said.
This is the third such incident in as many days in the Valley. Earlier on Wednesday, a migrant worker from Chhattisgarh was killed in Pulwama. The police said the labourer, identified as Sethi Kumar, worked in a local brick kiln.
In the morning on Wednesday, a labourer from Chhattisgarh was killed at a brick kiln in Pulwama district.
Police sources say this is emerging as a pattern to instil fear among the non-Kashmiris living in Jammu and Kashmir.