A BJP leader was shot dead by suspected terrorists in
Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday, police said.
Javid Ahmad Dar was the BJP's constituency president of
Homeshalibugh constituency.
BJP J&K spokesman Altaf Thakur has termed killing of
Dar as barbaric and has urged police to nab attackers and punish them sternly.
In a statement, Thakur said that militants are feeling
frustrated and targeting innocents, but "killing unarmed people won't lead
to anything".
Meanwhile, additional police parties have reached the
spot and an operation has been started to nab the attackers. There has been a series of attacks on BJP leaders in
Kashmir.
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On Thursday night, terrorists hurled a grenade at the residence of BJP leader Jasbir Singh in Rajouri district in which a child was killed and several others were injured.