Srinagar : A police follower was killed after his colleague allegedly fired at him as a suspected person in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last night, official sources said on Wednesday.
They said the follower identified as Vijay Dhar son of late Krishen Lal Dhar of Langate Handwara tried to make forced entry inside a temple in the area and his colleague mistook him as a militant and fired at him grievously.
Immediately, Dhar was shifted to District Hospital Handwara where from he was shifted to SKIMS Soura where he succumbed, the officials told
As per preliminary investigations, they said, the deceased had head.