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Ex-top police officer shot dead

August 31, 2007
By Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

Unidentified militants on Friday gunned down a retired police officer at Babagund near Pattan town, 40 km from Srinagar.

Police said ultras fired indiscriminately at Mohammad Amin Khan, a retired superintendent of police, Jammu and Kashmir, inside his residence. Till recently, Khan was in-charge anti-militancy operations Budgam district.

"Khan was rushed to a hospital, but succumbed en route," a senior police officer told rediff.com.

Senior police and security force officers rushed to the spot immediately. No arrests have been made so far.

Mukhtar Ahmad in Srinagar

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