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Tuesday, 06 July 2021 12:25 AM
[ Last Update: Tuesday, 06 July 2021 12:25 AM ]
Shahana Butt
Press TV, Kashmir
Last week shock waves spread across the southern district of Pulwama after unidentified assailants shot dead an ex-special police officer, his wife, and his daughter. Later the investigations by local police revealed the unidentified gunmen were anti- India fighters.
Scores of local policemen have been targeted in Kashmir after New Delhi launched an all out operation in 2017, aimed at neutralizing pro-independence activists. According to police sources at least 70 pro-India fighters and 17 government forces personal including 10 local policemen, have been killed in Kashmir so far this year.
In the recent gun battle between Government forces and anti-India fighters, police claims to have killed 5 people. According to media reports, family members of one of the slain men, Zakir Bashir claimed he was an innocent civilian, picked up from h