Srinagar, Mar 26 (PTI) Militants on Saturday shot dead a special police officer (SPO) and injured his brother in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

"At about 8:35 pm, terrorists fired at and critically injured SPO Ishfaq Ahmad near his residence at Chadbugh in Budgam," one of the officials said.

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They said in the firing, Ahmad's brother Umar Jan also received bullet injuries.

They were taken to the SKIMS Hospital in Bemina where Ahmad died, the officials said.

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Jan is undergoing treatment, they said, adding the area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the attackers.

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