Jammu March 10 (IANS) A hotelier was shot dead by unknown gunmen in Jammu and Kashmir s Kishtwar town late on Friday police said.
According to the police 45-year-old Ishtiyaq Ahmad Dar was shot at by unknown gunmen while he was returning home on his motorcycle.
"He was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead " a senior police officer said.
Kishtwar Police has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the murder and bring the assassins to justice police added.
Protests erupted in the town immediately after the news about the hotelier s murder spread.
Dar owned a hotel near the local bus stand in Kishtwar town.
--IANS
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