Srinagar: A Special Police Officer and his wife were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday after terrorists entered their home and sprayed them with bullets.
Police have identified the deceased officer as special police officer (SPO) Fayaz Ahmad. “He (Ahmad) lost his life in the attack, while his wife and daughter sustained injuries. They have been hospitalised,” said an official in charge of the Awantipora police control room. Police later said that the copās wife succumbed to the injuries.
The terrorists forced their way into their home around 11 pm and started firing indiscriminately at the family, officials said.
They were rushed to the hospital, where the SPO and his wife Raja Begum died from their injuries, while their daughter Rafia is being treated.