Some unidentified gunmen shot dead Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri in Srinagar on Thursday, the Hindustan Times reported. Qadri was rushed to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Srinagar, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The hospital’s Medical Superintendent Dr Farooq Jan said that Qadri had received a bullet wound, which killed him, Greater Kashmir reported.
Apart from his practice as a lawyer, Qadri was often seen in television debates. On September 21, he had tweeted a screenshot, urging the Jammu Police to register a first information report against a Facebook user for starting a “wrong campaign” against him.
“I urge the state police administration to register FIR [first information report] against this Shah Nazir who has spread wrong campaign that I work for agencies,” Qadri said in his tweet. “This untrue statement can lead…