J-K Police cop shot dead in Hassanpora Anantnag

SRINAGAR — A policeman was shot dead by militants in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday, officials said.

A police official told GNS that head constable Ali Mohammad son Ghulam Qadir Ganie was fired upon by unknown militants at Hassanpora area, leaving him critically injured.

He was shifted to GMC Anantnag where doctors declared him dead. “He was brought dead,” a doctor at GMC Anantnag said.