2021-06-03 06:05:20 GMT2021-06-03 14:05:20(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, June 3 (Xinhua) Unidentified gunmen believed to be militants shot dead a local level leader of India s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said Thursday.
The slain leader identified as Rakesh Pandita was attacked on Wednesday evening at a friend s house in Tral area of Pulwama district, about 44 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
A woman was also wounded in the attack.
Pandita was also a municipal councillor of the town.
Reports said militants barged into the house and fired upon Pandita, killing him on the spot and wounding a woman present there.
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The unidentified assailants fired at Rakesh Pandita late Wednesday in the southern town of Tral, where he was visiting a friend, police said. He was declared dead in a hospital.
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