Srinagar: Militants on Monday shot dead a police officer while he was returning home after offering prayers at a mosque in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
The incident took place in Bijbehara area of the district, a police official said.
Inspector Mohammad Ashraf Bhat was rushed to Bijbehara sub-district hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead, he said.
Bhat was presently posted at Police Training Centre in Lethpora in Pulwama district.
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