Constable shot dead by unidentified militants in Kashmir's Pulwama
Pulwama: Terrorists killed a police constable in Kashmir's Pulwama district early on Saturday morning.
According to reports, selection grade constable Irshad Ahmad Ganai had gone out for his duties in Koil village when he was shot from close range.
The constable died on the spot, said the report.
However, the number of terrorists involved in his killing have not been ascertained.
On Wednesday, a militant hiding in a mob had launched two grenades at security forces in Pulwama, gravely wounding the district’s additional superintendent of police, the deputy superintendent of police and a station house officer.
Kashmir Valley has been on the edge since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani on July 8. 68 people have been killed so far and thousands wounded in street protests.