Terrorists shot dead a 72-year-old retired police officer when he was reciting the call for "azaan" from a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir`s Baramulla district on Sunday morning, according to authorities. According to his family members, Mohammad Shafi Mir, who retired as a senior superintendent of police in 2012, worked as the local "muezzin" and was dedicated to his role in the mosque, stated a PTI report. 

"Terrorists fired upon Shri Mohd Shafi, a retired police officer, at Gantmulla, Sheeri Baramulla, while praying `azaan` in the mosque and succumbed to injuries," the Kashmir Zone Police said in a post on X.