Pulwama: Another sarpanch has been killed by suspected terrorists in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. 45-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Lone was shot by the militants inside his residence at Kulpora village.
Lone, who was associated with the ruling National Conference, died on the spot. No terrorist outfit has so far claimed responsibility. This is the 6th killing of a sarpanch since Panchayat elections in April 2011.
While three sarpanches were killed in September 2012, another was shot dead in January. On February 24, sarpanch Javed Ahmed Wani was shot at and critically injured by the suspected terrorists inside his house in the Kreeri area of Baramullaat.
Wani, who was also affiliated with to the NC, was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. On January 11, sarpanch Habibullah Mir was shot dead in Sopore township of Baramulla district in north Kashmir, prompting Chief Minister Omar Abdullah to order more security to panchayat heads....
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09:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday night gunned down a sarpanch affiliated to the ruling National Conference (NC) in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. Ghulam Mohammad Lone, 45, was shot by the militants inside his residence at Kulpora village, 35 km from Srinagar, they said. Lone, who was associated with ruling NC, died on the spot, they said. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for Lone's killing....
11:11 PM, Apr 08, 2013
A village head was killed by Maoists in Odisha's Malkangiri district on the suspicion of being a police informer, police said on Wednesday. A group of about 25 ultras struck at the house of Bhagban Krisani, Sarpanch of Kurmanur panchayat, late Tuesday night and asked him to accompany them, Malkangiri Superintendent of Police Akhileswar Singh said. ...
12:57 PM, Apr 03, 2013
In an interesting twist to a local sarpanch's allegations that separatist gunmen had shot him, police sources on Friday said he had lied about being shot. ...
04:49 AM, Mar 30, 2013
A deputy sarpanch was allegedly shot at and injured by militants in north Kashmir Kupwara district on Wednesday. ...
05:03 PM, Mar 27, 2013
Altogether 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation in Jammu and Kashmir till last month, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State for Home RPN Singh said as per information received from the state government, till January 31, following the recent killing of a sarpanch and injury of a female panch in Sopore, 17 panchs and sarpanchs have tendered their resignation. ...
03:53 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Two days after a sarpanch was shot dead in the Kashmir Valley, the state government has now said that it could have been the result of political rivalry. ...
03:23 PM, Feb 26, 2013
A sarpanch from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district became the fifth victim of suspected militants when he was shot dead on Sunday. Minister of State for Home Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo said, "The sarpanch had been alotted two personal security officers and an inquiry has been ordered as to where they were when the attack took place." ...
07:39 PM, Feb 25, 2013
Yet another sarpanch was shot dead in Baramulla on Sunday evening. He is the 5th sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 25, 2013
Suspected militants have murdered the elected village official in Baramulla. Javid Wani was shot at by militant at Kalantra and later died. He is the fifth sarpanch to be murdered by the militants. ...
11:40 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Suspected militants on Sunday night gunned down a sarpanch affiliated to ruling National Conference in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Javed Ahmed Wani was shot at and critically injured by the suspected militants inside his house in Kreeri area of Baramulla at around 7.40 pm, they said. Wani was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to injuries. No militant outfit immediately claimed responsibility for the...
09:20 PM, Feb 24, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and sought assistance in providing security and honorarium to newly-elected Panches and sarpanches so that Panchayati raj institutions are further strengthened. ...
01:05 AM, Feb 01, 2013
In the wake of the fresh militant attacks on Panchayat members in Jammu and Kashmir, around 20 panches and sarpanches of the Baramulla district on Sunday tendered their resignations here citing "threats to their lives". The panches and sarpanches from Hardshiva A and B and Yemberzalwari halqas of Sopore area in the district announced their resignations in the presence of the media here. ...
06:06 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Suspected militants on Sunday shot at and injured a woman panchayat member in Sopore area in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. Militants shot Zoona, wife of Mohammad Ramzan, in the neck at her house at Hardshiva Sopore, some 52-km from here, police said. ...
11:43 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah has called for a security meet in the wake of yet another attack on a sarpanch in Kashmir - third in the series of latest attacks in 2013 on panchayat representatives by suspected militants. On Saturday, the sarpanch was injured and admitted to a hospital in a critical condition. ...
07:45 AM, Jan 13, 2013
A sarpanch in Sopore area of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir as fired at by suspected militants on Friday. The sarpanch, who was critically injured, was admitted to a hospital in Sopore where he later succumbed to his injuries. ...
01:44 PM, Jan 11, 2013
A 12-year-old girl has allegedly been raped by her neighbour in Bawal area of the district. The rape took place on November 14 but came to light on Friday as the minor girl and her father were allegedly kept in confinement by a village sarpanch, police said. ...
09:50 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Srinagar: There have been rumours in Jammu and Kashmir that over 1,000 sarpanchs have resigned. However, CNN-IBN reports that the number is as low as 50, but the reason for their resignation still remains a significant issue. Sarpanchs and panchs in Kashmir offering to resign following terror threats and the murder of two village heads made headlines for weeks. But a CNN-IBN investigation now shows that up to 1,100 resignations...
03:49 PM, Nov 10, 2012
New Delhi: Village heads in Jammu and Kashmir have put the state government on a 24-hour-deadline to provide them with special security after Hizbul Mujahideen leader Syed Salah-ud-Din issued a fresh threat against them on Friday. The dreaded militant allegedly said that village heads will be attacked if they didn't quit from their posts. The sarpanchs say they don't want to resign but cannot afford to take Salah-ud-Din's threat lightly...
03:54 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Srinagar: Three Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists have been arrested from Kulgam in Kashmir for allegedly threatening village sarpanchs. They were being questioned for further role in spreading panic among sarpanchs in south Kashmir. Kashmir saw a flurry of protests by sarpanchs in September 2012. The sarpanchs demanded gun licenses to protect themselves in the wake of murders of two local body leaders in two weeks. Nearly 140 sarpanchs had resigned and...
10:12 AM, Oct 23, 2012
