Srinagar, Mar 16: A woman special police officer (SPO) was shot dead by suspected militants at Vehil area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday afternoon.
Official sources told that the gunmen fired upon the Khushboo Jan at around 2:40 pm at her home in Vehil.
Khushboo suffered serious bullet wounds and was shifted to the nearby hospital where she succumbed.
A senior police officer confirmed the incident.
“Khushboo was fired upon by the suspected militants at her home. She was working as an SPO police department,” the officer added.
Army, Special Operation Group of Police and CRPF cordoned off the area and launched a hunt to nab the assailants.
Meanwhile, former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday condemned the killing of a woman SPO in south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Omar in his condolence message said on Twitter, “I condemn this act of terror & extend my condolences to her family & all her J&K police colleagues.”
“I strongly condemn this brutal act of terror. My condolences to the family. This vicious cycle of death and destruction seems to have no end,” Mehbooba wrote on Twitter.
Brief shoot out in Kulgam, militants flee
Srinagar, Mar 16: Militants fired at the forces party at Frisal area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday with the forces retaliating triggering a brief shoot-out.
Soon after, a militant was reportedly believed to be killed in the brief exchange of firing but the forces failed to recover the body raising apprehensions that either the militant was whisked away by his associates or he himself, after receiving injuries, managed to escape from the spot.
Reports said that soon after gunshots were heard in the area, youth took to streets and started pelting stones on government forces which was retaliated by smoking tear smoke and sound shells.
A senior security official said that they had inputs about the presence of three militants in the area however the possibility of their escaping cannot be ruled out.
“Search operation amid clashes is going on in the area. So far no militant body was recovered,” he said, wishing not to be named.
The authorities in Kulgam have already snapped the internet facility in the area to prevent protests.
