SRINAGAR: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range Vijay Kumar on Friday said that an SIT has been constituted to probe the killing of a young lawyer, Babar Qadri by unknown gunmen.

Babar Qadri, the Kashmiri lawyer who was killed in Hawal on September 24, 2020 in Srinagar. Pic: Facebook

About Advocate Babar Qadri’s killing, he said that incident happened at 6:20 pm yesterday when two masked men entered into his Hawal, Srinagar residence as clients with files in their hands. “They told Qadri that they had to discuss some accident-related case but fired at this head with pistols. Qadri sustained four bullet wounds in his head and died on way to the hospital,” he said.

While fleeing, IGP Kashmir said, militants, fired a few bullets in the air. “We have constituted an SIT headed by SP Hazratbal that will probe the killing of Qadri,” he said.

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