Thousands Attend Funeral Of Cop Killed In Action In Jammu And Kashmir

Police said the 25-year-old officer was shot dead when he had taken a person who had been detained for a medical check-up to a medical facility at Khanyar in downtown Srinagar.

Thousands attended the funeral prayers of fallen police officer who was killed by terrorists in Srinagar today. As the body of reached Kalmuna village in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, thousands of mourners thronged the village to pay last respects to the fallen sub-inspector. Police said the 25-year-old officer was shot dead when he had taken a person who had been detained for a medical check-up to a medical facility at Khanyar in downtown Srinagar. "We have lost a brave young officer. He was deputed to a hospital for the check-up of an accused person. When he was coming out of hospital, he was shot," said Dilbag Singh, Director-General of Police.