Unidentified gunmen killed a salesman in South Kashmir Tral town on Wednesday, the police said.The deceased was identified as Mehraj ud din Zarger, a salesman at a garment shop in the main market of Traltown. Zarger was standing outside the shop around 4 pm when he was shot. He issurvived by his wife and two minor daughters. Awantipora superintendent ofpolice Tahir Saleem said they were investigating the killing.

On August 30, unidentified gunmen killed 65-year-oldshopkeeper Ghulam Mohammad Mir at Parimpora on the city outskirts. Police hadthen said terrorists were behind the killing.At a press conference soon after,J&K director general of police Dilbag Singh also said terrorists killed Mirto enforce a shutdown and create fear among people.

Since August 5, the day the Centre nullified Jammu andKashmir’s special status, shopkeepers open their shops in Srinagar and ruraltowns only for a few hours every day.The shutdown entered 101 days and studentsare not attending classes despite the schools are open.

In a separate development, the police said a militant killedin an encounter in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday has beenidentified as a Pakistani who was affiliated with Lashkar-e- Taiba.Police saidthe militant was identified as Khalid, alias Zebran, a resident of Pakistan.Officialssaid Zebran was associated with Lashkar and had been operating in Ganderbal andBandipore districts from last several months.The militant was killed in a jointoperation after the police and the Rashtriya Rifles launched a joint operationin Kulan Gund village in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

On Monday, two militants were killed in north Kashmir’sBandipora district after an overnight encounter with the security forces.