Srinagar: Militants on Saturday shot dead a policeman in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
J-K Police head constable Ali Mohammad was fired upon by militants at around 5.35 pm near his residence at Hasanpora in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag, a police official said.
He said Mohammad was shifted to a hospital in critical condition where he succumbed.
The area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the assailants, the official said.
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