Saturday;July 16, 2016: As per the police informed today, “two persons, including a relative of a former cop-turned-surrendered militant, were shot at and injured by militants in Pulwama district of Kashmir last night”
Official said that, “Shabir Ahmad Pandit, cousin of the surrendered militant Tariq Ahmad Pandit, and Manzoor Ahmad were shot at by militants at Kareemabad in Pulwama district last night around 10 PM”.
Tariq Ahmad Pandit had desolated control force to join Hizbul Mujahideen group and later he surrendered before security forces in May.
The reason to become the target by the militants yet not clear, police officials believe the attack was a "retribution" for killing of Burhan and his two associates in an encounter with security forces on July 8
