Terrorists shot dead a sarpanch belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Audora area of Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir.
The attack comes days after a sarpanch was shot dead by terrorists inside his house in Khanmoh in Srinagar. This is the third attack on a panchayat member this year and the second in Kulgam.
Earlier in February, another independent panchayat member, Mohammad Yaqun Dar from Kulgam was killed at his village.The mainstream political parties have attacked the J&K administration, accusing it of not doing enough to protect the panchayat representatives.