Security forces demolished the homes of two alleged militants in south Kashmir on Thursday, a day after a police head constable was killed in a suspected terror attack in Anantnag, The Hindu reported. The houses of Haroon Rashid Ganai and Adil Ahmad Thokar were demolished in the Hasanpora and Bijbehara areas of Anantnag, the newspaper reported. Surveillance camera footage showed him being attacked at close range by a lone person suspected to be a terrorist. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah criticised the detentions and demolitions, saying such measures would not help restore peace. But detaining over a thousand people and demolishing the homes of families of two alleged militants amounts to collective punishment that has no place in a democracy.