SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen Sunday killed a rural body head (locally called Sarpanch) in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.
The rural body head Fayaz Ahmad Bhat (34) was a grass-root level political worker affiliated with pro-India National Conference, which is currently an opposition in the region.
Bhat was fired upon by unknown gunmen inside his house at village Kandizal near Pampore town in Pulwama district, about 20 km south of Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
"Today a Sarpanch Fayaz Ahmad Bhat was killed inside his house," a senior police official told Xinhua. "The gunmen came to the village riding a motorcycle and barged into Bhat's house, where they resorted to indiscriminate firing, causing his death instantly."
Locals said Bhat was immediately removed to the nearest medical facility but doctors declared him brought dead. Bhat was elected as rural body head in region's 2011 rural body elections.
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