<p>A police officer was shot dead Friday by separatist guerrillas near a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>''Separatist guerrillas fired from close range at Sukhpal Singh, assistant sub-inspector of police, near the Bagyaz police station in the city Friday," a police officer told IANS.<br /><br />Sukhpal Singh received two bullet wounds and was taken to hospital in a critical condition but succumbed to his injuries, family sources said. <br />No separatist group has accepted responsibility till now.<br /><br />With the mountain passes reopening as spring begins, security sources have been put on high alert to thwart infiltration into the Kashmir Valley.</p>
<p>A police officer was shot dead Friday by separatist guerrillas near a police station in this Jammu and Kashmir summer capital, police said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>''Separatist guerrillas fired from close range at Sukhpal Singh, assistant sub-inspector of police, near the Bagyaz police station in the city Friday," a police officer told IANS.<br /><br />Sukhpal Singh received two bullet wounds and was taken to hospital in a critical condition but succumbed to his injuries, family sources said. <br />No separatist group has accepted responsibility till now.<br /><br />With the mountain passes reopening as spring begins, security sources have been put on high alert to thwart infiltration into the Kashmir Valley.</p>
