A Block Development Council (BDC) Chairman of Khag Budgam was shot dead in cold blood by 'unidentified' terrorists near his ancestral home at Dalwash village in the Central Kashmir’s Budgam district late Wednesday evening.
The public representative was identified as Bhupinder Singh by the local police authorities. He was not accompanied by his personal security officers at the time of the deadly attack, official sources claimed.
A senior police officer in Srinagar said, the BDC chairman Bhupinder Singh left two PSOs in police station Khag and left for ancestral home alone without informing Station House Officer Khag.
Local reports said, “Singh used to stay at Aloochibagh Srinagar and had gone to Khag for some work”. Local political workers said Singh had contested election independently but was supported by PDP.
Mainstream politicians in Kashmir valley condemned the targeted killing of BDC chairman. Former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted,” Mainstream grass root political workers are easy targets for militants and unfortunately in recent years the threat to them has only increased”.
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti in her tweet said,” GoI by intentionally discrediting , humiliating and enfeebling mainstream has left them in a vulnerable position. How many more lives will it take for them to realize that their policies towards J&K have backfired”.
Sajjad Lone while condemning the dastardly killing of BDC member tweeted, Violence will get us nowhere”.