The body of a policeman was found in paddy fields in south Kashmir's Pulwama on Saturday morning with police saying that he was shot dead by suspected militants in the area.
Police sources said Farooq Ahmad Mir, a sub-inspector with the J&K police, left his home for the paddy field in his native village of Sambora in Pampore on Friday evening. on Saturday morning, the village residents spotted his body in the field and informed the police.
A police team reached the sport and recovered the body. he had a bullet wound on his chest.
"dead body of Farooq Ahmed Mir of sam, Boora SI(M) posted in IRP 23 BN was found in a field near his home, Preliminary investigation reveals that he had left his home for work in this field yesterday in the evening, where he was so that by a terrorist using a pistol, " - J&K police tweeted.
