J&K Police form team to probe constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani’s death

Wani, who had joined the force two years ago, was shot dead in the second such targeted attack in Srinagar’s Batmaloo area within a month. In October, an employee of the Power Development Department was killed there

The Jammu and Kashmir Police have constituted a team to probe the killing of constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani, 29, in Srinagar’s Batamaloo area on Sunday. Wani, who had joined the force two years ago, was shot dead in the second such targeted attack in the area within a month. In October, an employee of the Power Development Department was killed in the locality.

A child looks out of a window in the old part of Srinagar on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Police have formed a team to probe constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani’s killing. (AP)

Police said security forces conducted searches in the area soon after Wani’s killing two days after an exchange of fire at a hospital a few kilometres from the murder scene.

Srinagar has been under tight security since the killings of 11 civilians last month.

In September, Bantu Sharma of Railway Protection Force was shot dead at Wanpoh in the Kulgam district.

On August 3, a policeman and a civilian were injured when a police vehicle was fired upon in Srinagar’s Sheraz Chowk. Four days later, another policeman was killed in Kulgam.

Union home minister Amit Shah visited Ahmad’s family during his visit to Kashmir last month.