Inspector Parvez Ahmad Dar was shot at and injured in front of a local mosque near his residence at Menganwaji Nowgam area of the city while he was going for prayers, the officials said.
They said Dar sustained grievous bullet injuries and was shifted to a nearby hospital where he succumbed toinjuries.
Immediately after the incident, senior coppers including inspector general of police (IGP) Kashmir
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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, Vijay Kumar, reached the spot and inspected the scene of the crime, the officials said.
Preliminary investigations have revealed that two
The CCTV footage of the incident shows firing by two gunnies with pistols. Their identification is being done and suspects are being questioned, the officials said.
Police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else, the investigation is in progress and officers continue to work to establish the circumstances which lead to this terror crime, they said.
The officials said the cop is survived by his wife, a 13-year-old daughter and a ten-year-old son.