Police officer shot dead in Kashmir's Pulwama

Amid a spate of encounters and target killings, an off-duty police officer was found dead with a bullet wound in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Police said the attack on Sub-Inspector Farooq Ahmad Mir took place at Samboora in Pampore area on the intervening night of Friday and Saturday.

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The officials said Mir was posted in the IRP 23rd Battalion at Lethpora.

Police said 59-year-old Mir left his home during evening for his paddy field but did not return till late evening, and when his family members went to the field in his search, they found his body in an irrihgation canal.

Police said Mir was shot in the chest and two empty cartridges of pistol rounds were recovered from the spot.