Jammu and Kashmir DGP K Rajendra Kumar today led officers and jawans in paying homage to two police personnel who were shot dead by militants in Anantnag.
A wreath-laying ceremony was held at Anantnag district police lines for ASI Bashir Ahmad Ahanger and constable Reyaz Ahmad Sheikh who lost their lives in a militant attack in poll-bound Anantnag today, a police spokesman said.
The ceremony which was attended by Inspector General of Police, Kashmir SJM Gillani, Deputy Inspector General of Police, South Kashmir Nitish Kumar, SSP Anantnag Abdul Jabbar, SSP Kulgam Mohammad Irshad, SP Awantipora Shridhar Patil and hundreds of people, the spokesman said.
ASI Bashir Ahmad is survived by his wife and an 11-year-old son, while constable Reyaz Ahmad Sheikh is survived by wife, an 11-year-old son, two daughters aged seven and nine, aged parents and an unmarried sister, he added.
Scores of people attended the funeral of the two slain police personnel at Logripora-Ashmuqam and Uttersoo in Anantnag district.
Later, chairing a meeting at the Range Police Office, the DGP asked officers from the state police force and Central paramilitary forces to gear up all resources to apprehend the culprits.
