Despite heightened security in Jammu and Kashmir owing to the recent target killings, suspected militants struck again in the capital city Srinagar, killing a policeman.
Reports said 29-year-old policeman Tauseef Ahmad was fired upon by the unidentified gunmen in SD Colony area of Batamaloo in Srinagar from a close range.
Ahmad was immediately rushed to nearby SMHS hospital where doctors declared him dead. He had served with anti-insurgency Special Operation Group of the Jammu and Kashmir Police.
Soon after the attack, security forces cordoned off the area and conducted searches but the militants managed to flee.
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Since past two months Kashmir has seen an escalation in violence with unarmed civilians being targeted by the terror groups.