Congress leader killed, son hurt in Doda ambush

SRINAGAR, OCT. 7. A Congress leader and three militants were among seven persons killed in separate incidents, while ultras attacked the house of a protected person and torched houses of four special police officers in Jammu and Kashmir since last night.

Official sources said in Jammu that a Congress block president, Zaffar Hussain, was shot dead and his son seriously injured when militants ambushed their vehicle at Mughal Maidan in Doda district last evening.

Militants fired heavily on the vehicle killing Hussain on the spot and critically injuring his son, the sources said adding a manhunt has been launched to nab the culprits.

Reports from Rajouri district said an army jawan was killed and another injured when militants opened fire on a patrol party in the Bei Nambal area. The troops also retaliated and in the crossfire one civilian was killed, the sources said. A militant was killed during a heavy fire-fight between troops and ultras in Barneli forest in Udhampur district.

But other ultras manage to escape under the cover of darkness, the sources said adding one army officer suffered bullet injury in the clash and hospitalised.

Meanwhile, an official spokesman here said unidentified militants shot dead a SPO, Shahbaz Malik, at SHMS Hospital here last evening.

- PTI

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