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Village head shot dead by suspected militants in J & K

by IBNS 02 Jul 2015, 09:20 am

Srinagar, Jul 2 (IBNS) A village head was shot dead by suspected militants at Wagum village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday.

Reports said a gang of unidentified people  fired upon Mohammad Yousf Bhat (43), the village head (Nambardar) of Wagum when he was on way to a Masjid for Prayers.

He was immediately rushed to the district hospital, where doctors declared him dead.

Meanwhile the army, the Special Operation Group of Police and the CRPF have cordoned off the area and launched a combing operation to nab the suspected militants.

In April last the state government had said that  10 sarpanches have been killed and three injured by militants in the valley in the last four years while  20 have resigned following threats from militant outfits.






(Reporting by Saleem Iqbal Qadri)