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Sarpanch affiliated with BJP shot dead by motorcycle borne assailants in Kulgam

Srinagar: A Sarpanch Sajad Ahamd Khanday, affiliated with the BJP, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen outside his residence at Vessu Qazigund in Kulgam.

Official sources said that 2 militants on motor-cycle fired upon the BJP Sarpunch

He was shifted to GMC Anantnag, where a senior doctor said that he was brought dead to the hospital.

This is the second attack on a BJP member in the last two days.

Sajad was the District Vice President of the BJP in Kulgam, and lived in a migrant camp. He was on his way home when the incident happened.

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur has termed the killing as a barbaric and inhuman act.

Thakur urged police to work out a security cover model for the Sarpanchs and Panchs of the BJP and other parties across Kashmir, who are vulnerable to attacks.

“Killing of Sajad is very unfortunate. He was our constituency president for Vessu. Attack on him is the second incident in the same area in the past three days. On August 4, militants fired at Sarpanch Arif Ahmed in the same area who is battling for life at SKIMS, Soura,” Thakur said and appealed to the police top brass especially DGP Dilbagh Singh and IGP Kashmir to look into the issue and work out a security cover model for the vulnerable sarpanchs and panchs, especially those affiliated with the BJP.

 

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