Srinagar, Feb 19 (UNI) Glowing tributes were paid to Special Police Officer (SPO) of Jammu and Kashmir police who was martyred during an encounter with militants in central Kashmir district of Badgam on Friday.
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar and senior officers from police and other security agencies paid floral tributes at the mortal remain of SPO Mohammad Altaf. Family members of Altaf were also present on the occasion at District Police Lines (DPL), Srinagar.
SPO Altaf and Selection Grade Constable (SgCt) Manzoor Ahmad were injured when militants hiding in a house resorted to indiscriminate firing with automatic weapons in Beerwah in Badgam early this morning. Altaf later succumbed on way to hospital. However, militants managed to escape from the cordoned off area in an injured condition.
IGP Kumar said a Cordoned and Search Operation (CASO) has been launched in a village two kms from the encounter area as it is believed that both the militants are hiding there.
