SRINAGAR, July 23 (NNN-UNI) – Unidentified gunmen, believed to be militants, killed a policeman in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said today.
The 58-year-old Abdul Rashid Dar was killed outside his house, at Furrah village of Anantnag district, about 62 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Dar was a government-backed counter-insurgent turned policeman.
“Last night militants fired upon a policeman, Abdul Rashid Dar, at his native place Furrah. He was shifted to hospital but succumbed to his wounds,” a police official said.
Following the attack government forces cordoned off the area to conduct searches for the attackers.
However, so far no arrests were made.
Health officials at Government Medical College hospital, Anantnag, said Dar had multiple bullet wounds.
“He was brought dead at the hospital,” a health official said. “He had bullet wounds in the chest and abdomen.”
Militants in the region usually target families and individuals, for their possible links with police and defence agencies. Even people having associations with pro-India political parties and police are targeted at times.
So far no militant outfit has claimed responsibility of the killing.
