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Kashmiri lawyer shot dead in Srinagar 3 days after tweeting to police about threat to his life

Srinagar
September 25, 2020

Some unidentified gunmen shot dead Kashmiri lawyer Babar Qadri in Srinagar on Thursday. Qadri was rushed to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Srinagar, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

The hospital�s Medical Superintendent Dr. Farooq Jan said that Qadri had received a bullet wound, which killed him.

Apart from his practice as a lawyer, Qadri was often seen in television debates. On September 21, he had tweeted a screenshot urging the Jammu Police to register a first information report against a Facebook user for starting a �wrong campaign� against him.

�I urge the state police administration to register FIR against this Shah Nazir who has spread wrong campaign that I work for agencies,� Qadri said in his tweet. �This untrue statement can lead to threat to my life.�