One policeman killed in Kashmir

Srinagar: Separatist guerillas on Saturday killed a local policeman in Pulwama district in South Kashmir.

A senior police officer told IANS in summer capital Srinagar, “Selection grade constable Khurshid Ahmad Ganai was leaving his home in Koil village for duties when a militant appeared and shot him from a close range. The constable died on the spot.”

Two days back, militant hiding in a mob had launched two grenades at the mob controlling security forces injuring 15 security men, including three officers in the same district.

IANS