Cop shot dead in north Kashmir's Baramulla, 3rd militant attack in valley in 3 days

In the third such attack in three days, militants shot dead a police head constable in north Kashmir's Baramulla on Tuesday. On Monday, militants had shot dead a migrant labourer in south Kashmir's Pulwama district while on Sunday, a J&K Police officer was shot at and critically injured in central Kashmir's Srinagar.

Baramulla:A policeman was shot dead by militants in Tangmarg village of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday evening, officials said. Head Constable Ghulam Mohammed Dar of Wailoo village was shot near his residence.

A police official said that soon after the incident, the victim was rushed to the nearby health facility, where he was pronounced dead. Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off and searches have been launched to nab the attackers.

"Injured Police Personnel succumbed to his injuries & attained martyrdom. We pay our rich tributes to the martyr & stand by his family at this critical juncture. The area has been cordoned off. Search operation going on," Kashmir Zone Police posted on X.

The attack comes a day after unidentified militants shot dead a non-local labourer in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, and just two days after an inspector of the Jammu and Kashmir Police was also shot at by militants while he was playing cricket close to his home in Srinagar on Sunday. As per the last reports, the police officer's condition was critical.

The series of attacks happened even as the outgoing J&K Police Chief Dilbag Singh recently said that the Union Territory was "on path to lasting peace" and that militancy in Jammu and Kashmir has been "almost finished". The DGP had said that only 10 local youths had joined militant ranks in 2023 as compared to 110 a year ago.

Interestingly, the DGP had said that north Kashmir, where the cop was killed on Tuesday, was almost free of militancy.