A head of Monday’s final phase of polls for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat, militants shot dead district vice president BJP in Anantnag district late Saturday night. Ghulam Mohammed Mir,55, who had contested assembly elections on a BJP ticket from Anantnag was killed inside his house at Verinag. BJP state spokesman Altaf Thakur said that Mir was killed by militants inside his house on Saturday night. On Thursday militants shot and injured a civilian Abdul Rashid Bhat of Kuchmulla Tral. Due to security reasons, polls for Anantnag Lok Sabha seat is being held in three phases.

Source: Hindustan Times May 04, 2019 17:16 UTC