Police Inspector was shot and critically wounded by terrorists in the downtown area of Srinagar today .
Police said , Inspector Masroor Ahmad Wani was playing cricket with local boys at the Eidgah ground when he was shot by terrorists .
The injured officer was rushed to a Srinagar hospital .
Doctors were attending to him and his condition was stated to be critical, they said.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, the Kashmir Zone Police stated, ”Terrorists fired upon & injured Inspector Masroor Ahmad near Eidgah, Srinagar. He was immediately shifted to hospital for treatment. Preliminary investigation reveals that a pistol was used in this terror crime. Area cordoned off, case registered.”