Srinagar, Nov 27: Militants killed an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) of Jammu and Kashmir Police and a former Special Police Officer (SPO) and wounded a woman in separate attacks in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, official sources said today. ASI Shamsdin Shah was shot dead inside his house at village Najan in Beerwah area of Badgam district in Central Kashmir around 9.30 PM yesterday, sources said.

Shah, posted at Shopian Police Station in Pulwama district, had come to celebrate Eid with his family when unidentified militants forced their entry into his house and fired indiscriminately killing him on the spot, they said.

Militants also shot at and critically injured a former SPO Riyaz Ahmad Parray at village Bogund in Kulgam area of Anantnag district last night, they said, adding he was immediately rushed to hospital where he succumbed to his wounds. In another incident, militants intruded into the house of one Ghulam Qadir at village Khangun near Warnav in Kupwara district of North Kashmir in the wee hours today and injured his wife Saleema seriously, sources said, adding her condition was stated to be critical. Bureau Report