Policeman shot dead in Kashmir

Story by  ATV | Posted by  Nakul Shivani • 1 Years ago
Sub-inspector Farooq Ahmed Mir
Sub-inspector Farooq Ahmed Mir

 

Srinagar

Terrorists have shot dead a 50-year-old policeman in Kashmir's Pulwama district on Saturday morning.

Sub-inspector Farooq Ahmed Mir's body was discovered in paddy fields near his home in Samboora village. The incident was reported by the district authorties by a tweet.

"Preliminary investigations reveal he had left his home to work in the paddy fields yesterday (Friday) in the evening where he was shot dead by the militants using a pistol", the tweet said.

Mir is survived by his wife and three children.