SRINAGAR: A sub-inspector posted with Jammu & Kashmir’s CID department was killed in Pulwama district on Sunday, hours after he was abducted by terrorists.The slain officer, identified as Imtiyaz Ahmad Mir (30), was going home when terrorists intercepted his vehicle at Wahibugh. They took him to a deserted area nearby and gunned him down. Police recovered his bullet-riddled body from Rushmi Nalla area in the evening.One of his supervisors said that before Mir left to see his parents in his village in Pulwama district, he tried to dissuade him from going home as terrorists have been targeting policemen for the last few days. A few weeks ago, Jaish-e-Mohammad had issued a threat to cops to either quit their jobs or face death.However, to dodge the terrorists, Mir had shaved his beard and had decided to use his personal vehicle. “Now they (terrorists) will not be able to recognise me” were possibly his last words to his supervisor before he left for home, sources said.“I had told him that he should not go as militants could attack him. But he was desperate to see his parents,” said the supervising officer.Mir, the only son of a retired police officer, became a sub-inspector in 2010. He had served in Ganderbal district in south Kashmir for five years before being transferred to Kulgam district last year. He was shifted to the CID department in March.Police have also launched a probe to ascertain if the information about his journey was leaked to terrorists groups as preliminary finding suggests that some terrorists were waiting for him to ambush him at Wahibugh.Reacting to Mir’s killing, Srinagar SSP Imtiyaz Hussain tweeted: “Sad and heart wrenching. What a promising young officer he was!!! May Almighty grant strength to family to bear this huge loss.”Terrorists have been targeting policemen in the Valley for the last few weeks. On September 21, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists abducted and killed three policemen, triggering unrest in the lower ranks of the force.Meanwhile, in another terror attack on Sunday, a PDP worker was killed by terrorists in Srinagar’s Gangbok area. Official sources said unidentified gunmen fired at Mohammad Amin Bhat. He was taken to a hospital where he died during treatment. In Shopian, terrorists targeted an Army patrol team but no casualty was reported.

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