Hyderabad, May 9 -- A teacher who was killed in an attack on Poonch, Kashmir, on Thursday, May 8, due to shelling from Pakistan, was labelled as a terrorist by some media organisations in India.

However, police clarified that the victim identified as Qari Mohammad Iqbal was a teacher. The authorities dismissed claims of the media organisations, including News18, Zee News, and Republic TV, as "meaningless" and "baseless".

The 46-year-old Iqbal, a native of Village Baila, Tehsil Mandi of Poonch, died due to cross-border shelling by Pakistan at Madrasa Zia-ul-Uloom in Poonch. Three of his students were injured.

Iqbal was killed as Pakistan carried out retaliatory strikes in Kashmir on Thursday following the operation Sindoor conducted by ...