SRINAGAR: A teacher was shot dead by unknown gunmen suspected to be militants in the Gopalpora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday.
Quoting a top police officer news agency GNS reported that a migrant woman by profession teacher was fired upon by militants in Gopalpora.
A senior doctor at DH Kulgam said that the woman was brought dead to the facility.
Soon after the attack whole area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Confirming the killing, officials sources identified her as Rajni Bala wife of Raj Kumar of Samba. She was posted in a school at Gopalpora in Kulgam where she was shot dead. She was posted in the school in the SC category.
Reports from the area said that Devi and her husband are teachers. Her husband was posted at High School Mirhama. The couple was serving Kashmir since 2017 and were living in a rented accommodation in Chawalgam on the outskirts of Kulgam.
Devi was about to enter her school around 10 am when two persons shot at her in the neighbouring apple orchard.
Schol administration closed the schools and there was emotional science of the students crying over the loss of their teacher.
The killing of the female teacher took place at a time when the migrant Kashmiri Pandits serving Kashmir under a special package have been on protest seeking their transfer outside Kashmir. Their protests started after the killing of a revenue clerk in his office at Chadoora. Though they have had a meeting with LG Manoj Sinha, there was no ice break.
