Former special police officer of J&K Police, his wife & daughter shot dead by terrorists in Pulwama

NEW DELHI: Terrorists shot dead a special police officer, his wife and daughter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

According to police officials, the terrorists barged into the house of SPO Fayaz Ahmad at Hariparigam in Awantipora area at around 11 pm on Sunday and opened fire on the family.

The injured were rushed to a

hospital

where the SPO succumbed. His wife Raja Begum and daughter Rafia also died later on.



Security forces

cordoned off

the area and launched a

search operation

to track down the assailants but no arrests have been made so far, the officials said on Monday.

Terrorists have intensified attacks on cops and security forces. While an inspector and a constable were killed in Nowgam and Eidgah areas of Srinagar last week, a civilian died in a grenade attack on security forces at Barbarshah in the heart of the city.


(With inputs from agencies)