KulgamA constable associated with the counter insurgency Special Operations Group of J&K police (SOG) was shot dead by unidentified militants inside his home in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday.
Police sources said constable Shabir Ahmad Dar was shot at his home in Bogund, Kulgam, 70 kms from here, by two pistol-borne militants.
Dar was rushed to District Hospital Kulgam where doctors pronounced him dead on arrival.
Police said that Dar had sustained multiple bullet injuries.
Dar was posted with Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K police and was currently on leave,” a police officer said.
However, according to another report, Dar was returning from duty from nearby Devsar area when militants targeted him just outside his home. The locals added that Dar, on seeing the gunmen coming towards him, tried to flee but was chased by them and then shot five times.
The killing comes three days after militants launched wave of attacks on security forces across Kashmir Valley. They carried out four grenade attacks at the security forces camps and foot patrols in southern Pulwama district and Srinagar city, leaving over a dozen personnel injured.
The killing also comes a day after Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) warned local policemen to quit and join the militant ranks. Lashkar commander Abu Ukasha in a video message had warned J&K policemen to join militant ranks for the ‘Kashmir cause.’ “Why do you want win applause from (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi for killing your own brothers. You have to live and die with us only,” he said.
However, no militant group had claimed responsibility for the attack till evening.
Earlier several policemen have been killed in similar circumstances and the trend increased after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The homes of several policemen were vandalised by crowds after separatist groups named some officers, accusing them of killings and harassing people.
In March and April this year, the Valley had witnessed a series of militant attacks at policemen and their families following which the police department had issued an advisory asking its field personnel to avoid visiting their homes for the next few months.
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