Srinagar: Militants shot dead a CRPF personnel in Shopian district of south Kashmir on Saturday, police said.
“At about 7:35 pm, terrorists fired upon a CRPF personnel, Mukthar Ahmad, at his home in Check Chotipora area of Shopian in south Kashmir,” a police official said.
He said Ahmad was referred to the district hospital in Shopian where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
The CRPF personnel was on leave, the official said.
The area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the attackers, he said.
It may be recalled here that few days back a soldier of Indian army from Budgam district was found dead after he went missing.
The soldiers body had no bullet marks, as per police, and the case is being investigated whether it was a murder or a terror related crime.
