Militants shoot policeman dead in Baramulla

Unidentified militants barged inside the house of Javid Ahmad Lone in the outskirts of Sopore town in north Kashmir.

Terrorists shot dead a policeman in his house in Sopore township of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district, police said Saturday.

A soldier stands guard in Srinagar. (AP File Photo)

Unidentified militants barged inside the house of Javid Ahmad Lone at Warpora in the outskirts of the town in north Kashmir district late Friday night and fired upon him, a police official said.

He said Lone suffered critical injuries and later died.

He was working as a follower in the police department, the official said, adding a case was registered.