India, March 9 -- A Pakistani "scholar", who was accused of helping Pakistan's ISI spy agency in kidnapping former Indian Navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav from Iran, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Balochistan on Friday night, media reports said.

Mufti Shah Mir was a leading religious scholar in Balochistan who had survived two earlier attempts on his life, reported local media.

They reportedly gunned down Mir from motorcycles as he was leaving a local mosque in Turbat after his night prayers.

He was shot multiple times at point-blank range and died at the hospital on Friday.

He was also close to the ISI. As per reports, he often visited terror camps in Pakistan and helped terrorists infiltrate Indian territory.

Two other membe...