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After Srinagar Attack, a Former PDP Sarpanch Shot Dead in Anantnag

Ganie was immediately taken to Mattan hospital after being fired at, where he was declared brought dead.

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Hours after the deadly attack on a BSF battalion camp near the Srinagar airport in Jammu and Kashmir, former Sarpanch Gh Rasool Ganie was shot at by terrorists in Anantnag's Nambal Mattan.

Ganie was immediately taken to Mattan hospital after being fired at, where he was declared brought dead.

Ganie, a shopkeeper and former Peoples Democratic Party sarpanch, was at his shop when an unidentified gunman opened fire at him, reported local publication Kashmir Reader.

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This was the third killing in South Kashmir in the last 24 hours.

Earlier, police recovered the bullet-riddled body of a 22-year-old man in Kulgam District. Showkat Ahmad Dar was kidnapped by suspected militants on Sunday.

On Monday night, a policeman was shot dead by militants in Awantipora area of Pulwama District, when he was returning from a relative’s wedding.

This is a developing story. Further details are awaited.

(With inputs from PTI.)

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