A 27-year-old man from West Bengal was injured on Thursday evening by a cartridge fired by a hunter in Trenz Wanpora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO).
The agency reported that a scrap collector was engaged with the activity in an orchard at Wanpora when cartridge fired by a hunter wounded him in back. He was rushed to Shri Maharaja Hari Singh hospital in Srinagar where his condition is said to be stable.
Unnamed officials identified the injured person as Amir Hussain, son of Muhammad Danish Miya of West Bengal, who was residing in Khanda Chadoora.
An unnamed police official said that investigation into the matter has been started. (KNO)