Srinagar, Dec 29 (PTI) The Jammu and Kashmir Police has announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for any information in connection with the killing of a retired senior superintendent of police in Baramulla district on Sunday.

The 72-year-old retired police officer and local "muezzin", Mohammad Shafi Mir, was shot dead by terrorists on Sunday morning while he was giving a call for "azaan" from a mosque in north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

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"Any person who provides any useful information in connection with Mir's killing will be rewarded with Rs 5 lakh in cash," the police announced in a poster.

The police said the identity of the person who provides information would be kept a secret.

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The police appealed to the people to approach the deputy superintendent of police (headquarters) of Baramulla or the SHO of Sheeri police station with such information.

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