BJP sarpanch, wife shot dead by militants in Anantnag

Srinagar: In a shocking incident, militants shot dead a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) sarpanch and his wife in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, police said.
Deceased sarpanch was also the Kulgam district president of the BJP’s Kisan Morcha.
According to police, the ultras fired on Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife in Anantnag town in south Kashmir, a police official said adding that both were rushed to a local hospital but there they succumbed to their injuries.
Dar is a resident of Kulgam’s Redwani and was a sarpanch affiliated with the BJP. He had unsuccessfully contested the last year’s District Development Council elections. He was presently living in a rented accommodation in Anantnag.