Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the killing of BJP leader Gul Mohammad Mir, who was shot dead by the terrorists yesterday at Nowgam village in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. PM Modi took to the micro-blogging website to express his condolence and said: "Strongly condemn the killing of Shri Ghulam Mohammed Mir. National Conference leader and former chief minister of the state, Omar Abdullah also condemned the killing. "Ghulam Mohd Mir, office bearer of the BJP in South Kashmir has been shot and killed in Nowgam, Verinag. Mir had unsuccessfully contested the assembly polls from Doru in 2008 and 2014.

Source: dna May 05, 2019 04:41 UTC