New Delhi: In yet another attack on a politician in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP leader and sarpanch Sajad Ahmad was shot dead by terrorists Thursday morning.
According to media reports, terrorists fired upon Ahmad outside his residence in Kulgam’s Qazigund area critically injuring him. He was immediately shifted to a hospital where “he was declared brought dead”
Sajad Ahmad was BJP’s district vice president for Kulgam.
Meanwhile, today’s terrorist attack comes a day after the first anniversary of abrogation of Article 370, that granted special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir.
The latest incident comes two days after a panchayat member, reportedly associated with the BJP, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, was shot and critically injured by terrorists on Tuesday evening. Identified as Arif Ahmad from Akhran Mir Bazar in Kulgam, he was rushed to the hospital and a manhunt was launched by the police to nab the attackers. His health condition is stated to be stable.
There has been a series of terror attacks on political workers and panchayat members in Kashmir in the recent past.
On July 8, a BJP leader and an ex-district president of the party for North Kashmir’s Bandipore was killed along with his family members by terrorists.
