Police head constable shot dead by militants in J&K’s Baramulla
Srinagar/IBNS: A Jammu and Kashmir Police Head Constable was shot dead by militants at his residence in Baramulla district on Tuesday.
Police said terrorists fired upon Head Constable Ghulam Mohammad Dar, a resident of Wailoo Kralpora in Baramulla district.
“He was shifted to Sub District hospital in a critical condition where he succumbed to his injuries,” a police officer said.
“Injured Police Personnel #succumbed to his injuries & attained #martyrdom. We pay our rich tributes to the #martyr & stand by his family at this critical juncture,” Kashmir Police wrote in a tweet.
Injured Police Personnel #succumbed to his injuries & attained #martyrdom. We pay our rich tributes to the #martyr & stand by his family at this critical juncture. Area has been cordoned off. Search operation going on.@JmuKmrPolice https://t.co/S8QnHXM5uz
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) October 31, 2023
Soon after the incident, senior security officers rushed to the area and a search operation was going on to trace the attackers.
In the first such killing in Kashmir this year, a labourer from Uttar Pradesh Mukesh Kumar was shot dead by militants in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir.
On Sunday, a police inspector Masroor Ahmad was critically wounded after a militant shot at him in Srinagar’s Eidgah locality, while he was playing cricket.
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