Srinagar, May 04 (KNO): The last rites of slain Sub Inspector Sageer Ahmad Pathan @Qazi, killed yesterday in Handwara area was held with state honours at his native village Taad, Karnah in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
As the 42-year-old's body wrapped in tricolour was brought, the number of people as per a statement issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) from the village reached to pay their last respects to the slain.
Major 2 Jatt Mukesh Kumar Basit, DySP Kupwara Rashid Younis, DySP DAR Handwara Raqib Malik and SHO Tangdhar Waseem Ahmad were among those who paid tributes to the slain.
Pertinently, police said that on May 02, when inputs were received about the presence of militants in the village Chanjmulla, Handwara, SI Sageer Ahmad led the Police team under the command CO 21 RR Col. Ashutosh Sharma and launched the operation.
“While evacuating the civilians from the targeted house, the brave heart officer of J&K Police along two Army officers and two Army men attained martyrdom by sacrificing their lives for the integrity and sovereignty of the nation,” police said –(KNO)