Ahead of Lok Sabha poll of phase V in Jammu and Kashmir, terrorists killed a former sarpanch in J&K’s Shopian district on Saturday besides injuring a non-local tourist couple in the Anantnag district.

Officials said that terrorists fired at and injured a former sarpanch identified as Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh at Hurpura village in the Shopian district on the evening of May 18.

“He was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Terrorists also fired at a tourist couple from Jaipur identified as Tabriz and his wife Farha in the Yannar area of Anantnag district. The injured couple has been shifted to the hospital for treatment. The area has been cordoned off for searches,” an official said.

(This story was taken from a syndicated feed, and edited only for style by Gujarat Samachar Digital staff)

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