Srinagar: Suspected militants on Thursday night shot dead a special police officer (SPO) in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. His wife was critically injured in the shooting.
Reports said that suspected militants barged into the home of SPO Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh at Katoo Wapzan villlage of Dashnipora belt of Bijbehara and him dead. hey said that the wife of the policeman was also injured in the shooting. “She was rushed to sub-district hospital Bijbehara where her condition is stated to be critical,” said an official.