Another sarpanch shot dead in J038;K

On January 11,unidentified militants killed sarpanch Habibullah Mir,60,at Goripora village of Bomai in Sopore. On the same day,unidentified men also shot at and wounded a woman panch in Hardushiva village of Sopore. The attacks had triggered fear among the members of panchayats and a large number of panchs and sarpanchs had resigned in north Kashmir.

In Wagoora block,this is the second killing of a sarpanch in past six months. On September 23 last year,a sarpanch,Mohammad Shafi Teli,was killed at Nowpora village of the block.