25.2.13

Another Sarpanch killed in Kashmir


Despite Omar Abdullah government’s assurance of protection to panchayat members, unidentified militants gunned down another sarpanch in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday.
According to the police, unidentified militants entered the house of sarpanch Javid Ahmad Khan of Baramulla and shot him dead.
This takes the toll of sarpanchs killed to seven since the polls to local bodies in the rural areas were held in 2011. But the state government refuses to offer security cover to the panchayat members and attribute the killing to personal rivalry.
Nearly 600 odd panchs and sarpanchs have resigned through paid advertisements in the local newspapers. But the officials of rural development department say they haven’t received any resignation from the panchayat members.

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