...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
police was rubbed out by snuffies in the state's Baramulla district on Sunday while he was offering prayers at a mosque on Sunday.
According to the police, Mohammad Shafi Mir, a retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), was targeted by assailants during his azan (prayers) at a local mosque in Gantamulla Bala area, as per police reports.
Following the attack, the J&K police secured the area and initiated an investigation into the tragic incident.
"Terrorists fired upon Shri Mohd Shafi, a retired police officer at Gantmulla, Sheeri Baramulla, while praying Azan in the mosque and succumbed to injuries. (The) area has been cordoned off. Further details awaited," the Kashmir Zone police said in a post on the X.
Last month, snuffies critically maimed a police inspector near Srinagar's Eidgah mosque. The inspector, Masroor Ahmad Wani, sustained severe injuries after the attack while playing cricket with local boys at the Eidgah ground in Srinagar. He was subsequently hospitalized for treatment.