Feroz Ahmed Dar was a police officer from J & K Police. He was born in the Dogripora village, Pulwama district. Feroz Ahmad Dar, the 2010-batch sub-inspector.

Feroz was among the six policemen killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants in Anantnag on 15 June 2018. The police contingent in which Feroz was on routine patrol in Thajiwara, Achabal in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district.He had been ambushed on same evening by an armed group of militants. In the ensuing assault, six police personnel, including Feroz, were injured. The bodies that had been rushed to the hospital were declared dead by the doctors on duty. Not only had they been killed by the militants, but they had also been deliberately mutilated, particularly facially, with a spurt of bullets shot at point blank range. The attack came hours after joint security forces, who had surrounded two houses in Arwani village in Kulgam, had engaged in an open fire with militants hiding inside, killing five. Of the five who were killed, three have been linked to the Pakistani Islamic militant organization – Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), among them Commander Junaid Mattoo. The other two killed in the crossfire, have been identified as 34-year-old Muhammad Ashraf Khan and 15-year-old Ahsan Mushtaq, both civilians.

The slain cop’s funeral was conducted in his family’s ancestral graveyard in Dogripora village of Pulwama on Saturday. Feroz was a symbol of humanity in his village, where he promoted literacy, sports and organized picnics for children. His neighbours and friends say he was their leader, friend and guide. From championing literacy and sports, to planning and funding weddings for the children of the needy, to organizing their annual picnics and helping village elders make important decisions, Feroz was emblematic of humanity in his village, where they call him Dogripura gaon ka hunar.

Dar nicknamed as “Dabang”, or fearless, by locals, is now survived by wife – Mubeena Akhtar, two daughters – six-year-old Addah and two-year-old Simran, along with ailing parents.

Source: https://thewire.in/government/feroz-ahmed-dar-the-kashimir-cop-killed-by-militants-was-the-pride-of-dogripura