A civilian, who was allegedly shot and injured by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K)’s Kulgam district, succumbed in the hospital, police officials said.

The civilian was allegedly shot on Wednesday evening and died on the same day.

The J&K Police said, “Satish Singh, a local Rajput belonging to Pombay Kakran village, who was shot and injured by militants yesterday evening, has succumbed to critical injuries”.

Doctors at the Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar, where the injured civilian was admitted for treatment, said the civilian had gunshot injury in the head and had finally succumbed.

(With IANS inputs)