‘SSP Retired Shot Dead By Militants in Baramulla’

Srinagar: Former Senior Superintendent of Police Mohd Shafi Mir was shot dead by militants in Gantmulla area of Baramulla district on Sunday morning.

Srinagar-based news agency GNS quoted officials as saying that militants fired upon Former SSP Mohd Shafi while he was calling Azan (call for prayer) in a mosque near his residence.

He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.

More details will follow.