Kashmir: BSF jawan killed by militants in Bandipora district, 3 of family injured

The deceased identified as Mohammad Ramzan Parray, 33, was on a vacation.

Kamaljit Kaur Sandhu  | Posted by Bijin Jose
New Delhi, September 27, 2017 | UPDATED 00:05 IST

Highlights

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    A BSF jawan was shot dead in Bandipora.
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    Militants had opened fire at him and his family.
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    Deceased has been identfied as Ramazan Parray.

A 33-year-old BSF constable, Mohammed Ramzan Parray, was gunned down by terrorists in cold blood in North Kashmir today. The constable was on 37 day leave since August 26.

The brutal murder comes after the killing of Lt Umar fayaz in South Kashmir, earlier this year. He belonged to 73 battalion of BSF deployed in neighbouring Baramulla.

At about 10 pm, three suspected terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba entered the house of Parray, a resident of Hajin, District Bandipora, a heavily militant infested area.

Sources said that the three armed terrorists tried to take Parray hostage, but when the soldier's family resisted, they fired indiscriminately upon Parray and family members.

The firing resulted in the  death of the constable and caused injuries to three of his family members.

Three family members of slain BSF personal Rameez Ahmad Parray including his father Mohamad Mqabool Parray , mother and his aunt also got injured in the attack. The trio have been shifted to a Srinagar hospital for treatment.

Parray had joined BSF in 2011. He had served for nearly six years.  "Constable Rameez Parrey, a serving BSF personnel of 73 Bn BSF ,who was on  leave ,has been cowardly killed by terrorists today," said a statement by the BSF.

Sources from the BSF said two advisories were issued in the past few months regarding threat to Kashmiri serving personnel to take precaution while going home.

The incident comes after a BSF officer who is native of Kashmir valley and his family received death threats from militants.  The advisory was repeated when Lt Umar Fayaz was killed.

Immediately after the news broke, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his condolences on twitter. He condemned the incident calling it abominable and offered his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family.