A leader of Rashtriya Swayamasevak Sangh (RSS) was critically injured while his personal security officer died after unknown gunmen fired on them in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
The leader has been identified as Chandrakant Singh. The two were fired near the district hospital Kishtwar. Singh, who works in the health department, was at the Out Patient Department of the hospital when the attack took place, an official spokesman said.
Government has clamped curfew in the district Kishtwar town. The manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers. Mobile Internet service was also snapped in Kishtwar and the nearby Doda district.