Jammu, Feb 26 (PTI) Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday visited the family of a policeman who lost his life in an encounter with terrorists in Kulgam district last month.

A police spokesperson said the DGP expressed solidarity with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the fallen hero, Rohit Chib.

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Singh said the entire police family stood with families of slain personnel and shared their grief and sorrow.

The DGP assured every support to the family, the official said.

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Chib was killed in the Pariwan area of south Kashmir's Kulgam on January 12 while evacuating civilians during an encounter with terrorists.

A top terrorist linked with proscribed terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) was gunned down in the operation.

Chib had joined the police force as a constable in 2011 and was promoted in 2017, the spokesman said.

His wife gave birth to a baby boy on January 27.

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