SPO shot, injured in J&K
Wednesday - June 13, 2018 9:50 pm ,
Category : INDIA
Srinagar June 13 (IANS) A Special Police Officer (SPO) was critically injured after militants shot him in Jammu and Kashmir s Shopian district on Wednesday police said.
Militants fired at SPO Rawees Ahmad outside his home in Kathohalan village in Shopian in the evening.
"He was shifted to hospital in a critical condition. The area has be en surrounded for searches " a police officer said.
SPOs are engaged on a fixed monthly packet to fight militancy in J&K. No service weapons are issued to the SPOs who are not even trained to handle firearms.
--IANS sq/vd
Militants fired at SPO Rawees Ahmad outside his home in Kathohalan village in Shopian in the evening.
"He was shifted to hospital in a critical condition. The area has be en surrounded for searches " a police officer said.
SPOs are engaged on a fixed monthly packet to fight militancy in J&K. No service weapons are issued to the SPOs who are not even trained to handle firearms.
--IANS sq/vd
