Policeman Shot Dead by Militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam District

Militants on Wednesday night shot dead a policeman in Qazigund area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Abdul Rashid Dar was shot at by the ultras at around 9.30 pm, they said.

Dar was rushed to a hospital for treatment but succumbed on the way, the officials said.

While intelligence officials said Dar was associated with counter-insurgency in the past, a police spokesman said he was a policeman