Suspected militants today evening shot dead a BSF constable on leave at his home, at Hajin area of Bandipora district in north Kashmir.
Sources told that a group three to four militants barged into house of Rameez Ahmad Parray, a BSF constable posted at Rajasthan and presently on vacations, at Parray Hajin and thrashed and threatened. The militants then left the house and came back again.
*”The militants second time fired upon the BSF constable and his brother Mumtaz,”* said the sources, adding that both were critically injured and were referred to hospital but Rameez succumbed.
Sources added that Father and Aunt (Phoophi) of the slain also got injured in the attack. The trio have been shifted to Sringar for treatment and their condition is stated to be critical.
Government forces have cordoned off entire and searches have been launched to nab the attackers.