Kashmir: SPO and Brother Killed in Firing by Militants in Budgam
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New Delhi: The brother of a slain special police officer (SPO), who was also injured in firing by terrorists in the Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, March 26, succumbed to injuries at a hospital in the erstwhile state on Sunday, officials said.
“At about 8:35 pm, terrorists fired at and critically injured SPO Ishfaq Ahmad near his residence at Chadbugh in Budgam,” one of the officials said.
They said in the firing, Ahmad’s brother Umar Jan, a student, also received bullet injuries.
They were taken to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Hospital in Bemina where Ahmad had died (on Saturday), the officials said.
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The officials also noted that the area where the incident took place had been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the attackers.
Jan was receiving treatment at SKIMS, but succumbed to his injuries on Sunday, they said.
(With PTI Inputs)
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