The son of the owner of Krishna Dhaba, a popular eatery in the high security area of Srinagar who was injured in a suspected militant attack earlier this month, succumbed to his injuries on Sunday morning at SMHS hospital, family and hospital sources said.

The eatery in located in Dalgate area of Srinagar. On February 17, unknown persons had entered the shop and fired gunshots at Aakash Mehra, son of Ramesh Kumar, owner of the eatery.
Mehra was critically wounded in the attack. Aakash was undergoing treatment at SMHS hospital in Srinagar, where he succumbed this morning. He was a resident of Janipur area of Jammu and was presently putting up at Dalgate with his family.
The attack took place on a day when European Union envoys were on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to “assess the ground situation”.
On February 17, militants belonging to the 'Muslim Jaanbaz Force', an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked Krishna Dhaba when 24 foreign diplomats were visiting the union territory.
On February 19, Jammu and Kashmir police arrested three suspects of 'Muslim Jaanbaz Force' in connection with the attack, which police said was aimed at terrorising non-locals living in the valley and disrupting tourist activity.
The arrested suspects were identified as Suhail Ahmad Mir, resident of Dangerpora Nowgam, Owais Manzoor Sofi, resident of Dangarpora and Vilayat Aziz Mir, a resident of Hanipora Wampora Pulwama.
The police had said that the arrest of the trio and the recovery of weapon of crime (pistol) and grenade, along with other incriminating material including the bike used by them, within hours of attack is a big success for the Jammu and Kashmir police.
On the death of Krishna Dhaba owner’s son, the J-K National Conference leader today said, “It’s unfortunate those who shout from the top of the mountain that everything is well. They should answer: Lt Governor should answer and the DGP should answer who say everything is well.”
“They have to find what is the cause and find why it’s happening and try to treat the cause,” he added.
"Woke up to extremely distressing news. Young Akash Mehra who was shot at by terrorists at Krishna Dhaba has succumbed to his injuries at SMHS Hospital. I share the pain and grief of his family and stand by them as they mourn this inconsolable loss. May his soul rest in peace," Junaid Azim Mattu, Mayor of Srinagar in a tweet.