J&K police officer shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama, body found lying in paddy field

Pulwama, June 18: In yet another shocking incident, a police officer was shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. The attack on Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad Mir took place in the Pampore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

 

According to the Kashmir Police, it was reported that a bullet-riddled body of a Police Sub Inspector was found under mysterious circumstances. His body was found lying in paddy fields near his home. This took place after he had left his home for work in his paddy fields.

 

"Dead body of Farooq Ah Mir of Samboora Si(M) posted in IRP 23 BN was found in paddy fields near his home. Preliminary investigation reveals that he had left his home for work in his paddy fields last evening, where he was shot dead by terrorists using a pistol," said Kashmir Zone Police.

 

 

Meanwhile, on Friday, 3 Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terrorists including one responsible for school teacher Rajni Bala's murder, were killed in Kulgam. "The Kulgam encounter is an important one, as the terrorists were involved in the killing of school teacher Rajni Bala on May 31 (in Gopalpora area of Kulgam). We were tracking the terrorist since then... Yesterday, two other terrorists were killed," said IGP Vijay Kumar.

 

Bala was killed by terrorists in the High School Gopalpora area of Kulgam district of Kashmir on May 31.