SRINAGAR -- A former law officer and an ex- militant were gunned down in separate incidents in the Kashmir valley this evening, police said.
The first incident took place at Pinjoora village in Shopian in south Kashmir when militants fired at former public prosecutor and advocate Imtiyaz Ahmed Khan when he was stepping out of a local mosque after offering last prayers of the day, police said.
Khan, who was associated with opposition National Conference, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared dead, they said.
In the other incident, militants shot dead a former counter-insurgent Abdul Rashid Parray alias Rashid Billa in Hajjan in north Kashmir's Bandipora district, taking the number of such killings to three in the last 24 hours, police said.
They said Parray received four bullets and died on the spot. He was a commander of counter-insurgent force known as 'Ikhwan'.
Tamil Nadu Farmers Protest In Delhi
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Open Image ModalTamil Nadu farmer pretending to eat grass during a protest at Jantar Mantar. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalTamil Nadu farmer pretending to eat grass during a protest at Jantar Mantar. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
(04 of17)
Open Image ModalFarmers from Tamil Nadu have been protesting at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for almost four weeks now, demanding the waiver of their loans. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalOver three lakh farmers have committed suicide in India since 1995. These suicides have largely been attributed to debt, drought, crop failure or poor returns. (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe farmers have been using symbolic props such as ropes tied as noose, begging bowls during the protest. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalMany of the farmers shaved half of their heads as a sign of protest. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe skull they used during the protest reportedly symbolised the deaths of their fellow farmers who died apparently due to severe drought in the state. (credit:The India Today Group via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThey used ropes to 'hang' themselves in front of the national media. (credit:Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalMany of the farmers also performed their own symbolic 'cremations', reiterating the fact that if the situation in the state continued, they'd have no choice but to die. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThey even held live mice in their mouths to demonstrate that they will have to feed on them if the government fails to declare drought relief packages and waiver loans for the farmers in Tamil Nadu. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalThe farmers even enacted eating a snake as a form of protest. (credit:Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
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Open Image ModalOn 14 April, farmers were seen cross-dressed as women during a month long protest at Jantar Mantar. (credit:Barcroft Media via Getty Images)