India News | SPO Killed, His Brother Injured in Militant Firing in JK's Budgam
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Militants on Saturday shot dead a special police officer (SPO) and injured his brother in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
Srinagar, Mar 26 (PTI) Militants on Saturday shot dead a special police officer (SPO) and injured his brother in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.
"At about 8:35 pm, terrorists fired at and critically injured SPO Ishfaq Ahmad near his residence at Chadbugh in Budgam," one of the officials said.
They said in the firing, Ahmad's brother Umar Jan also received bullet injuries.
They were taken to the SKIMS Hospital in Bemina where Ahmad died, the officials said.
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Jan is undergoing treatment, they said, adding the area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the attackers.
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