Srinagar, Oct 16 : Gunmen on Saturday shot dead another non-local person in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, officials said.

A police officer told  that the gunmen fired upon the non-local from UP, Sageer Ahmad, near Litter Pulwama, leaving him critically injured. Carpenter by profession, Sageer was removed to hospital where he succumbed, they said.

The killing comes less than an hour after unknown gunmen shot dead non-local street hawker Arvind Kumar near Eidgah in Safa Kadal area of Srinagar on Saturday.

(GNS)