Srinagar, June 15: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have released the photograph of a fourth person suspected to be involved in the killing of veteran journalist and Rising Kashmir Editor Shujaat Bukhari in Srinagar. Bukhari was shot dead on Thursday evening at his office in Press Enclave in Srinagar last evening. Two police personnel with the veteran journalist were also martyred.
The man seen in the fresh photograph released by the police was seen in videos of the incident that were circulating on the Internet since yesterday. The police have named the man as one of the suspects in the killing of Bukhari. (Also Read: India Mourns Aurangzeb and Shujaat Bukhari Killings on the Eve of Eid)
*Srinagar Police seeks help of the general public to identify one more suspect involved in terror attack at press enclave, Srinagar* :
Srinagar: 15 June 2018:https://t.co/2Y1Oo1Ioge @spvaid @JmuKmrPolice @KashmirPolice @DIGCKRSGR pic.twitter.com/5CwDikaydq
— Srinagar Police. (@PoliceSgr) June 15, 2018
Earlier, the J&K Police had also released CCTV visuals of three men on motorcycle who are suspected to have shot at Bukhari. The three men as shown in the images released by the police have their faces covered and are on a Bajaj Pulsar motorcycle. The police have sought help from public in identifying all the four suspects.
Meanwhile, some reports say that the killing may have been executed by Pakistan's ISI. Reports also say that one of the suspects resembles a Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist who escaped Jammu and Police in February this year.
Bukhari was shot dead by three men on a motorcycle around 7:30 pm last evening outside his office in Srinagar. He was leaving for an iftar party when the suspected terrorists shot him dead. His last rites were carried out in Baramullah today amid thousands bidding the veteran journalist a tearful farewell.
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