Suspected rebels shot dead an activist from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), local authorities said on Sunday after the latest violent attack in the disputed region.
Police named the victim as Aijaz Ahmad, a local leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who was fired upon in Shopian district on Saturday evening, days after the occupied region began voting in India’s six-week national elections. The BJP’s local office in IIOJK confirmed Sunday that Ahmad had died and announced plans to stage a protest against the attack.—AFP
