Srinagar: Separatist guerrillas shot dead a truck driver in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday evening, the police said.
Mohammad Ayoub Wani was shot when he was coming out of a mosque after evening prayers in Kakapura town of the district, some 28 km from here.
"Wani was fired at from a close range by the militants and he succumbed to his injuries immediately after the assailants escaped," a police officer said here.
The area has been surrounded for searches. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the shooting, the police officer added.
IANS
First Published: Monday, February 28, 2011, 00:52