SRINAGAR: Terrorists barged into the house of a special police officer (SPO) at Pastuna village of
Tral in South Kashmir’s
Pulwama district and shot him dead on Tuesday evening. The deceased has been identified as Ashiq Hussain Lone.
According to reports, Ashiq was grievously injured in the attack and was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Earlier in the day, Hizbul Mujahideen had through posters threatened SPOs to quit their jobs or face consequences.