Sharma was a leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), the influential parent organisation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was flown to a hospital at the Government Medical College in Jammu, but succumbed to his injuries, Rana added. An indefinite curfew was imposed in the town, with more troops deployed to the area to deter sectarian violence, Rana added. The killing is the second of a Hindu leader in the town since November, when a BJP leader, Anil Parihar, 52, and his brother, Ajeet, 55, were killed. Voting in south Kashmir, bordering the area where Sharma was killed, will happen in phases, to protect against a heightened risk of attack by armed militants battling for independence from India.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 09, 2019 12:56 UTC