Srinagar: A former Sarpanch (village headman) was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Sunday, police said.
Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, who was from the National Conference, was seriously injured and died on way to hospital.
"Militants barged into the house of Fayaz Ahmad Bhat in Kandizal village of Pulwama today (Sunday) afternoon and shot him from close range."
"He was shifted to hospital in a critical condition where doctors declared him dead," a senior police officer said in Srinagar.
The term of the elected representatives of village Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir ended in May this year.
Although the 2011 Panchayat elections were fought on a non-party basis, all mainstream political parties had fielded their candidates without any formal party mandates. But ever since the polls, the elected representatives of these grassroots level institutions have been targeted by terrorists from time to time.
Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, who was from the National Conference, was seriously injured and died on way to hospital.
"Militants barged into the house of Fayaz Ahmad Bhat in Kandizal village of Pulwama today (Sunday) afternoon and shot him from close range."
The term of the elected representatives of village Panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir ended in May this year.
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