Srinagar: A police officer was shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama district of south Kashmir on Friday. Assistant Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad was shot from point-blank range by unidentified pistol-borne terrorists in Pulwama town, 32 km from Srinagar, in the afternoon, a police spokesman said.
He said the officer was taken to nearby Pulwama district hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
Ahmad, who was posted in Pulwama Police Station, was on law and order duty at the time of the attack, police said, adding he was not carrying his service weapon with him. Police have cordoned off the area and a hunt has been launched to nab the militants.
This is the second terrorist attack on policemen in the Valley within a fortnight....
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09:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
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11:11 PM, Apr 08, 2013
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11:19 AM, Mar 04, 2013
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04:43 PM, Mar 03, 2013
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07:45 AM, Jan 13, 2013
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06:17 PM, Dec 28, 2012
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12:01 AM, Sep 05, 2011
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02:05 PM, Oct 19, 2010
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12:06 PM, Sep 26, 2010
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11:32 AM, Mar 04, 2010
The 4-hour long gunbattle is the third encounter in four days in the valley. ...
05:11 PM, Feb 18, 2010
The operation, halted Monday night, had resumed on Tuesday morning. ...
01:19 PM, Jan 12, 2010
The two-day long operation ended in Pulwama district on Monday. ...
05:37 PM, Apr 13, 2009
The encounter is on for more than 12 hours now. ...
04:08 AM, Apr 13, 2009
An Army captain was also injured in the gunbattle. ...
04:01 AM, Apr 13, 2009
One unidentified militant killed in the encounter that is still going on. ...
09:35 AM, Apr 12, 2009
CRPF troopers killed a 35-year old man in Pulwama district on March 18. ...
05:44 PM, Mar 20, 2009
