Militants shot an army man dead in Warpora Sopore area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district. The gunmen fired at Mohammad Rafeeq Yatoo at his home at Warpora.
Yatoo, a soldier with the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (JAKLI), was at home on leave when he was killed. The militants fired at Yatoo from point blank range and he suffered critical injuries.
A police official said Yatoo was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to injuries.On March 8, an Army jawan, who was on leave and visiting his residence in Qazipora Chadura in Kashmir's Budgam was kidnapped by suspected terrorists from his home