A police head-constable was killed by suspected militants when he was attending a wedding in Pulwama on Monday evening.
A police spokesman told The Hindu that militants fired upon head constable Ashiq Hussain at Pulwama’s Padgampora village, where he had gone to attend a wedding.
“He succumbed to the bullet injuries in the hospital,” said the police.
The victim was posted at the Awantipora police station.