Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir kill a retired SSP as he is offering "Azaan."

 Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir kill a retired SSP as he is offering "Azaan."

Terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir kill a retired SSP as he is offering "Azaan."

According to the National Conference (NC), violence of any kind is unacceptable.

In addition to calling this behavior cowardly, the BJP said that terrorism and terrorists are agnostic.

When the 72-year-old retired police officer—the community's "muezzin"—was delivering azaan from a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla region on Sunday, militants opened fire, killing him, according to authorities.

His cousin Mohammad Mustafa, who was at home at the time of Mohammad Shafi Mir's murder, said that the Azaan for the early morning prayers was being broadcast over the loudspeaker when it abruptly stopped. He stated that Mir's last words were "reham" (mercy). "Ashhadu Anna Mohammadu Rasool-Allah (I bear proof that Mohammad is the Messenger of Allah)" was where the "Azaan" ended, according to Mustafa.

According to the police, Mir resigned in 2012 as a Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP). He alleged that he was shot and killed by militants inside a mosque in the North Kashmir district's Gantamulla neighborhood of Sheeri. Kashmir Zone Police reported in a tweet that "terrorists fired at Shri Mohammad Shafi, a retired police officer at Gentmulla, Sheeri Baramulla, although he was reciting 'Azaan' in the mosque after which he died due to injuries."

To find the assailants, police have launched a search operation in the region. According to his relatives, Mir was committed to his work at the mosque and had taken on the role of the "muezzin" in the community, calling people to prayer. Many people congregated at Mir's home and the mosque grounds after the tragedy. Mir leaves behind his spouse, a daughter, and two kids. Mustafa told reporters, "He (Mir) was my cousin." He once requested namaz each day. He began 'Azaan' this morning while I was reciting the Quran, so I closed it. completed it."

"After reciting Ashaadu Anna Mohammadu Rasool-Allah, the 'Azaan' ceased," he said. I heard simply the sound of 'Reham'. It was said in a husky tone." Mustafa said he believed Mir may have turned off his phone for an unspecified reason, and he conjectured that Mir may have fallen because of vertigo. However, he said, word of the occurrence spread over time. "I was informed by my daughter that Shafi uncle had passed away. When we got to his residence, we found out that Mir had been shot and had been brought to the hospital in Baramulla," he said.

Mir was allegedly shot four times, according to some of his family. Mir was allegedly shot four times, according to some of his family. Abdul Karim, Mir's younger brother, said he was asleep when he heard noises and thought there could have been a microphone issue. He said, "My daughter-in-law said she heard people crying." "Mir would summon 'Azaan' each day. Since Imam Sahib, the leader of the prayers, leaves on Saturday and returns on Sunday, I believe this was orchestrated," Karim said.

Political parties sent their sympathies to the family of the deceased police officer and denounced the murder. According to the National Conference (NC), violence of any kind is unacceptable. "JKNC President Dr Farooq Abdullah as well as Vice President Omar Abdullah shared their deep grief over the tragic Baramulla incident, whereby retired SP Mohammad Shafi was shot dead," the party said in a tweet. According to the National Conference (NC), violence of any kind is never acceptable.

Mehbooba Mufti, the president of the individuals's Democratic Party (PDP), said that innocent individuals have become "collateral damage" in order to maintain the normality that the Center has pushed. "Three innocent citizens were tortured and killed by the Army while in their custody, five soldiers lost their lives in the terrorist assault, several more are still battling for their lives in hospitals, and a former special police officer was slain. Mufti said on X, quoting the Government of India, "Innocent people have been subjected to secondary harm in order to maintain the publicized normalcy."

In addition to calling this behavior cowardly, the BJP said that terrorism and terrorists are agnostic. "The murder of a 72-year-old retired police officer by atheists is a cowardly crime. Even 'Azaan' is intolerable to sons of Satan...There is no religion among terrorists. Condemn this murder with all your may. "The bereaved family," said Jammu and Kashmir BJP spokesman Altaf Thakur, "I express my solidarity with it." Ghulam Nabi Azad, the leader of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party, said that the government has to act decisively to combat terrorism.

worried about the rise in terrorist incidents occurring in Jammu & Kashmir. It is unacceptable that former SSP Muhammad Shafi Mir was killed in Baramulla. We must act immediately. To combat terrorism and protect the safety of all people, the government must act decisively! He wrote on X. "My sincere condolences," Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party chairman Altaf Bukhari said in a post.melancholy and death. May the departed's spirit find comfort and happiness in the hereafter."

He said that when the murderers were shot while pleading for prayers, their despicable deed revealed their real nature. Sajjad Lone, President of the People's Conference, strongly denounced the murder. "More depressing news." My thoughts and prayers are with Mohammad Shafi Sahab's family. May Allah bestow upon them the hereafter. It is also anticipated that the Jammu and Kashmir Police would acknowledge the difficulties it faces. Security threat assessment is a science and cannot be left up to personal preferences, dislikes, or whims, according to Lone in a post on X. The Hurriyat Conference, a separatist organization headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also expressed sorrow and suffering over the death of the former police officer.

Hurriyat sent the grieving family her best wishes and sympathies. Such murders, according to a statement, are a disgrace to mankind and only serve to degrade the victims and the area where they take place. They simply lead to anguish and pain and are not a means of settling disputes. Hurriyat, according to the statement, opposes them in principle, just as it opposes all acts of force, violence, death, and disempowerment by both states and non-state actors.