SRINAGAR – Two days after a special police officer (SPO) was shot dead bymilitants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, another SPO was shot atin Khanabal town in Anantnag on Saturday.

He was shifted to a hospital after the attack. The area has been cordonedoff by police.

On Thursday, militants had fired on SPO Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh inside hisresidence at Katsoo in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district, said police.

While Sheikh was killed on spot, his wife Fareeda sustained injuries andwas rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. R