Sarpanch Candidate Shot

A newly elected village head was shot dead allegedly by the son of the candidate who lost to him in panchayat polls in Haryana's Khedi Taloura village.

A Sarpanch candidate was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said here. Ghulam Mohiuddin Chopan, who had filed papers for the post of Sarpanch, was shot in his leg by unidentified gunmen near his house at Machipora in Zainageer locality of Sopore, 55 kms from here...

A newly elected village head was shot dead allegedly by the son of the candidate who lost to him in panchayat polls in Haryana's Khedi Taloura village.

A Sarpanch candidate was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Sopore township of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said here. Ghulam Mohiuddin Chopan, who had filed papers for the post of Sarpanch, was shot in his leg by unidentified gunmen near his house at Machipora in Zainageer locality of Sopore, 55 kms from here...