Terrorists fire at BJP leader in Kulgam; second such killing in Kashmir in Aug
Javeed Ahmad Dar, constituency president of Homshalibugh in Kulgam, was shifted to a hospital after militants fired upon him at Brazloo-jagir in Kulgam.
Terrorists shot dead a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Tuesday. Javeed Ahmad Dar, constituency president of Homshalibugh in Kulgam, was shifted to a hospital after militants fired upon him at Brazloo-jagir in Kulgam.
The BJP’s media cell head in Kashmir Manzoor Ahmad condemned the killing, news agency ANI reported.
This is the second killing of a BJP leader by militants in Kashmir in August.
On August 9, terrorists had barged into the rented accommodation of Ghulam Rasool Dar and his wife Jawhara Banoo in Lal Chowk area of Anantnag, and shot at them from a close range. Sixty-five-year-old Dar was the Kulgam district president of BJP Kisan Morcha and a sarpanch. His wife was also a panch from the same village.
News Source: Hindustan Times
