A BJP councilor was shot useless and a lady injured in a terrorist assault in South Kashmir’s Tral on Wednesday night time.
Rakesh Pandita, who was the chairman of the Tral Municipal Committee, had stayed at a authorities residence below safety in Srinagar as a result of terrorist risk, and was appointed two private safety officers (PSOs). Police mentioned Pandita had left his safety officers on a tour of the militants’ stronghold Tral and his hometown.
Police mentioned three unidentified terrorists opened hearth on Pandita, killing him on the spot. The injured lady was the daughter of a pal whom he had gone to fulfill. “She succumbed to her injuries, while the woman was seriously injured,” a police assertion mentioned.
This is the third homicide of a councilor in Kashmir this yr. On 30 March, terrorists stormed the Sopore Municipal Council workplace and killed two councillors, who belonged to the BJP, and a policeman.
Police, military and paramilitary forces have cordoned off the realm and are looking for the attackers.
The BJP mentioned the slain councilor was the social gathering’s district secretary for the Kashmiri Pandit Tral. “It was a barbaric attack. Killing unarmed people is not a bravery and the police should find the culprits and punish them,” mentioned social gathering spokesperson Altaf Thakur, including, “Such attacks will not stop BJP leaders from serving the people.”
Condemning the assault, Lt Gen Manoj Sinha tweeted, “Terrorists will never succeed in their nefarious designs, and those responsible for such heinous acts will be brought to justice.”
Other events additionally condemned the killing. Expressing condolences to Pandita’s household, former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti posted, “These senseless acts of violence have only brought misery to J&K.”
People’s Conference chief Sajjad Lone tweeted: “This gun is a curse. Just think From the day this threat has come in Kashmir. What have we seen The total inefficiency of cashmere in a nut shell. Dear Gunners. Can you please go back to where you came from? We have enough. “
Elections for municipal councilors had been held in October 2018, quickly after Jammu and Kashmir got here below the then governor’s rule. The two main mainstream political events, the National Conference and the PDP, had boycotted the elections.
Terrorists have additionally focused chosen panchs and sarpanches, particularly in South Kashmir.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
