Militants kill cop in civics at Sopore

Srinagar: While as suspected militants killed a policeman with IG squad, unknown gunmen shot at and injured a Sarpanch candidate in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday.Official sources told that a group of militants appeared in Tujjar Sherief and fired upon at a police Constable Mohammad Shafi Dar (belt No.1761/S) son of Ghulam Mustafa from point blank range this morning at around 1035 hours.The cop, who was civvies when attacked, was rushed to hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.  The cop had joined as Senior Police Officer (SPO) and remained part of special counter-insurgency squad of police. He subsequently attained promotion as Constable in police.Soon after the attack, police and paramilitary CRPF cordoned off the area to track the attackers who reportedly came in a sumo vehicle. The constable was presently posted in district Srinagar and is survived by parents, two sisters and a younger brother. He was an unmarried man and an appointee of the year 2006.A spolice spokesman here said that mortal remains of the constable were laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard. Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, S M Sahai, Deputy Inspector General of Police, North Kashmir Range, Munir Ahmad Khan, Superintendent of Police Sopore, Altaf Ahmad Khan, other Police and civil Officers participated in the funeral. Meanwhile, unknown gunmen shot at and injured a sarpanch candidate, Mohammad Maqbool Bhat son of Abdul Gaffar Bhat when he was tending kitchen garden at Hajam Mohalla in Wadoora Sopore this afternoon at around 1700 hours. Bhat was rushed to local hospital from where he was shifted to Bones and Joints hospital here. Bhat has sustained bullet injury in his right leg, sources added.