Srinagar eatery owner's son succumbs to injuries 11 days after being shot

Eleven days after he was shot at by suspected militants, Akash Mehra, the 22-year-old son of the owner of a popular eatery in Srinagar, died in hospital on Sunday.

On the evening of February 17, the dhaba was filled to capacity when two masked men barged in with pistols. They went straight to the cash counter, where Akash was sitting, and shot him from point-blank range. Akash was hit in the abdomen.

The dhaba and a few others in the highly guarded Sonawar neighbourhood of Srinagar have been shut since the attack.