Assailants kill BJP Leader in occupied Kashmir

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NEW DELHI, 04 June 2021, (TON): Assailants fatally shot a politician belonging to India’s ruling party in occupied Kashmir, and separately, police killed a detainee who they said snatched an officer’s rifle and fired at officials inside a police camp.

Police said that the unidentified assailants shot Rakesh Pandita late in the southern town of Tral, where he was visiting a friend , blaming rebels for the attack. He was declared dead in a hospital.

Rebels in occupied Kashmir have been fighting the central government for decades. Suspected militants carried out a string of deadly attacks last year on members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Indian occupied Kashmir.

Among those killed was a top BJP politician and his father and brother, who were also party members.

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