Cop, spouse and daughter shot dead by militants in Pulwama
Updated Jun 28, 2021, 10:59 am IST
The mother-daughter duo succumbed to their injuries in hospital later
The SPO s son is reportedly serving in the Army. (Photo: Representational)
Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) was shot dead and his wife and daughter critically injured by suspected militants in Jammu and Kashmir s southern Pulwama district late Sunday night.
The mother-daughter duo succumbed to their injuries in hospital later. The SPO s son is reportedly serving in the Army.
The police said two to three gunmen barged into the house of SPO Fayaz Ahmed in Hariparigam village of Awantipora area of Pulwama and resorted to indiscriminate firing, resulting into the on-the-spot death of the police official and grievously injuring his 45-year-old wife Raja Banoo and daughter Rafia Jan, 25.