According to police official, militants opened fire on a police patrol party near Hyderpora, resulting into injuries to two policemen.
The injured were shifted to 92 Base hospital in Srinagar for treatment where one of them succumbed.
The deceased was Shahzad Dilawar of IRP 20 BN.
Earlier in the day, a policeman was shot dead by militants in Kulgam district of south Kashmir.
(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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