Suspected militants today opened fire near the gate of a four-star hotel at Pantha chowk-Parimpora bypass road on the outskirts of the city, killing an employee.
The ultras opened fire near the gate of the hotel near Lasjan around 4:20 pm, resulting in death of one of its employees identified as Farooq Ahmad, police said.
It was not immediately clear whether the hotel or a security forces convoy passing through the area was the target of the militants, they said. Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a hunt to track down the militants, the police said.