Police constable killed in NKashmir

Baramulla, Nov 7: Militants shot dead a police constable and wounded a labourer in north Kashmir overnight, official sources said today.

They said militants entered the house of police constable Abdul Rashid Mir at Chak-e-Surmarg, Handwara in the frontier district of Kupwara late last night and shot him.

Mir, posted at Chugal Handwara, was on leave.

Militants shot at and wounded critically labourer Mohammad Shafi Choppan at Sopore in this district last night.

Choppan was hospitalised, the sources said.

UNI