J&K: Farooq Mir- An Off-Duty Officer Got Killed By The Terrorist

The martyr sub-inspector found dead in the fields

Jammu and Kashmir: J&K is always shrouded with the clouds of terror and fear because of the endless terror attacks. Today, an off-duty police officer was killed in the Pampore area of Jammu and Kashmir. The body of Farooq Ahmad Mir, a Jammu and Kashmir police sub-inspector (ministerial wing) was found in the fields this morning. 

According to the official report, it is suspected that terrorists kidnapped the sub-inspector from his home at Samboora in Pampore and killed him in the nearby fields.

While taking notes from the Kashmir Zone Police, preliminary investigation revealed that the fallen police officer had left his home for work in his paddy fields yesterday evening, where he was shot dead by terrorists using a pistol.

In a tweet by the Kashmir Zone Police has tweeted, the "Dead body of Farooq Ah Mir of Samboora Si (M) posted in IRP 23 BN was found in paddy fields near his home. Preliminary investigation reveals that he had left his home for work in his paddy fields yesterday in the evening, where he was shot dead by terrorists using a pistol."

While looking into the martyr's life, the officer was posted in the Indian Reserve Police or IRP battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir police.

There has been a series of targeted attacks on off-duty policemen in Kashmir. Police say all the terrorists behind the recent targeted attacks were killed during encounters.

Mir is the ninth policeman to have been killed by militants this year. While two were killed during gunfights with militants, seven, mostly off-duty cops, have been killed in targeted attacks.