BSF jawan on leave shot dead by terrorists in J&K's Bandipora
PTI | Updated: Sep 28, 2017, 00:19 ISTHighlights
- Three family members of the 33-year-old martytred jawan were also injured in the attack, according to J&K police
- Rameez Ahmad Parray was posted in Rajasthan and was in J&K for a vacation
- Security forces have cordoned off the Hajin area in Bandipora and searches have been launched to nab the terrorists
SRINAGAR: Terrorists on Thursday night stormed the home of a Kashmiri BSF constable on vacation, shooting him dead and inflicting gunshot wounds on four of his family members in Hajjan in north Kashmir, police said.
Rameez Parrey (30) belonged to the 73rd battalion of the BSF.
The terrorists, after forcing their way into the house in Parrey Mohalla, fired indiscriminately at the family.
The jawan died on the spot. Four of his family members - his father, two brothers and an aunt - suffered gunshot wounds, police said.
The condition of the jawan's aunt was stated to be serious, while that of the three others was stable.
The Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, S P Vaid, termed the incident as "barbaric and inhumane" and said the guilty would be punished.
Parrey served the BSF for six years.
On May 9 this year, an Army officer from Kashmir, Lieutenant Umer Fayaz, was abducted and shot dead by militants in Shopian district where he had gone to attend the wedding of a relative.
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Rameez Parrey (30) belonged to the 73rd battalion of the BSF.
The terrorists, after forcing their way into the house in Parrey Mohalla, fired indiscriminately at the family.
The jawan died on the spot. Four of his family members - his father, two brothers and an aunt - suffered gunshot wounds, police said.
The condition of the jawan's aunt was stated to be serious, while that of the three others was stable.
The Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, S P Vaid, termed the incident as "barbaric and inhumane" and said the guilty would be punished.
Parrey served the BSF for six years.
On May 9 this year, an Army officer from Kashmir, Lieutenant Umer Fayaz, was abducted and shot dead by militants in Shopian district where he had gone to attend the wedding of a relative.
Read this story in Marathi
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