Unidentified militants allegedly shot dead a 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening, s...
Unidentified militants allegedly shot dead a 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday evening, said the police. Congress member Ajay Pandita, who was the head of Lukbawan village in Larkipora, was attacked in his orchard around 6 pm.
Pandita was taken to the Government Medical College Anantnag, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. “Pandita had sustained bullet wounds on his left shoulder and face,” an unidentified doctor told Greater Kashmir.
The police and the Army have launched a search operation to trace down the assailants. No outfit has claimed responsibility for the killing so far.
Pandita’s family had migrated from South Kashmir in early 1990s. They returned about two years ago, reported the Hindustan Times. He had contested the panchayat elections in 2018.
Today at about 1800hrs some unknown #terrorists fired upon one #Congress Sarpanch identified as Ajay Pandit at #Lokbawan #Anantnag who later on #succumbed to his injuries at hospital. #Police is on the spot. Further details shall follow. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) June 8, 2020
Congress demands judicial inquiry
All political parties have condemned the killing. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said violence will never win. “My condolences to the family and friends of Ajay Pandita, who sacrificed his life for the democratic process in Kashmir,” he tweeted. “We stand with you in this time of grief. Violence will never win.”
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