Gunmen kill man, nephew in Bandipora

SRINAGAR:A man and his nephew were abducted and killed by gunmen in north Kashmir’s Hajin area of Bandipora district on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday, police said.police said militants barged into the houses of Gh Hassan Dar (45), alias Hassan Rassa, and his nephew Bashir Ahmad Dar (26), a driver, in Gulshan Mohalla of Shahgund Hajin and abducted them.

“At about 3:30 am, the terrorists shot both of them dead. The dead bodies were found by the locals near a mosque at Raheem Dar Mohalla,” a police spokesman said.

Preliminary investigations suggest the involvement of Lashkar-e-taiba (LET), the spokesman said, adding that a case has been registered and investigation taken up.

The motive behind the killings is not yet clear, police said.