Former sarpanch killed in Kashmir
According to police, group of militants wearing masks opened fire upon a former PDP worker Ghulam Rasool Ganie who was at his shop in Mattan of Anantnag town.
Ganie received bullet wounds and was immediately shifted to Mattan hospital where doctors declared him brought dead on arrival, police said.
Soon after the attack, army, police and CRPF have launched searches to nab the assailants, he said.
Earlier in a day, suspected militants shot dead a civilian in Qazigund area of south Kashmir's Kulgam district.
The police said that the deceased was abducted from his house by Lashkar-e-Toiba militants on Oct 1.
On Monday late evening, militants shot dead a policeman in Awantipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
An official said that gunmen opened fire on Head Constable Ashiq Hussain and killed him on spot, who was ‘Munshi’ at Awantipora police station, in Padgampora village.
(reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)
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