Two people, including notorious counter-insurgent Rashid Billa, were killed by suspected militants in Kashmir on Sunday.
Billa, a former commander of Ikhwan, a counter-insurgency force that was created by the security forces in the 90s, was killed at his home in Hajin.
Police said the attackers barged into Billa's house and shot him dead.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation after the incident.
Advocate Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan, a close relative of a National Conference leader, was killed after militants fired at him in Shopian in south Kashmir.
On Saturday, Bashir Ahmad Dar, 46, was killed and Altaf Ahmad, 47, was injured when militants fired indiscriminately near Qasabayar village in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.