SRINAGAR Hours after a former SPO was abducted along with two persons by unknown gunmen from a village in Shopian district of south Kashmir, was killed on Friday night.
A police official said that militants abducted Basharat Ahmad Wagay (former SPO), Zahid Ahmad Wagay, and Reyaz Ahmad Wagay, all residents of Reban village of Zainpora. While two others were freed, the SPO was killed.
Police said body was taken to medico-legal formalities and investigation has been started into the incident.
Locals said that the gunshots were heard in village around 8 p.m. on Friday evening. This is the third such killing in the district in past week.
Meanwhile, a man was critically injured in a firing incident in Chattergam area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district and the army claimed that he was shot at by the militants near its camp.
Reports said Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie son of Nazir Ahmad Ganie of Magraypora Budgam was fired at by the soldiers of 50 RR camp at Chattergam.
However, army refuted the report, claiming that Ganie was shot at by the militants “500-600 metres away from army camp at Chhatargam”.
“In a case of terrorist committed atrocity, Ishfaq Ahmad Ganie of Magraypora was shot at by the terrorists, 500-600 metres away from Army Camp at Chhatargam,” said Srinagar-based defence PRO, in a statement.
“When the Army troops heard sound of firing, the Quick Reaction Team immediately rushed towards the direction of fire to find out what was happening. When the party reached the spot, they saw Ishfaq in a pool of blood. He had bullet injuries, one in head and the other in leg and was immediately taken to Chhatargam hospital from where doctors shifted him to SMHS,” said the spokesman.
“The reports of individual lobbing the grenade on Army Camp and Army retaliation are completely baseless,” he said.
Grenade Hurled At Cong Leaders House In Tral
Suspected militants on Friday evening hurled a grenade at the residence of a senior Congress leader in Monghama village of Tral in Pulwama district. Police sources confirmed the incident and said that grenade exploded with a bang inside the lawn of the senior Congress leader Surinder Chanis ancestral house. However, they said, there was no loss of life or damage in attack.
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