J&K: Man shot at for giving land for cell phone tower in Pattan

Srinagar, May 27: Separatist guerrillas on Wednesday shot at a man whose brother had given land on rent for a mobile phone tower in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, police said.

Militants fired at 25-year-old Imtiyaz Ahmad Nadroo in Pattan town, a police officer told IANS.

Nadroo was admitted to a hospital for treatment.

This was the third such attack in three days in the district.

1 person critically injured in firing by unidentified man in Pattan (J&K), injured is the brother of a mobile tower owner in Pattan.

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On Monday, guerrillas killed a man and injured two others in Sopore town in an attack on a BSNL SIM card selling shop. On Tuesday, another person was killed in Dooru village on the outskirts of Sopore.

The injured has been admitted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar.

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The attacks on people engaged in cell phone business came after police removed a high powered communication equipment from a tower in Sopore that was fitted there by guerrillas to improve their communication network.

IANS