SRINAGAR: One special police officer (SPO) was killed and another injured in two separate terror attacks in
Jammu and Kashmir’s
Pulwama and
Anantnag districts on Saturday.
“Terrorists gunned down
Mohammad Ashraf near Muran Chowk around 4.30pm. He was working as an SPO in Srinagar,” said Pulwama SSP Mohammad Aslam Choudary.
Ashraf, a former militant from Mouchpona, was gunned down while he was one a leave at his village. He suffered bullet wounds and was shifted to a nearby hospital, where he later died. Police have cordoned off the area and started combing operations.
In Anantnag’s
Khanbal area, unidentified gunmen shot at SPO Turag Singh. He was shifted to a hospital, where his condition is said to be critical.
