 "Militants kill Jammu and Kashmir BJP youth wing leader in Shopian district, police launch investigation")
Srinagar: A youth leader of the BJP was on Thursday killed by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said.
A police official said the body of Gowhar Hussain Bhat (30) was recovered from an orchard in Kiloora and he was killed by militants.
Bhat’s throat was found slit. He was a resident of Bongam area in Shopian.
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The police have registered a case and investigations are on, the official said.
Meanwhile, a BJP functionary said the deceased was associated with the party.
“Bhat was the district president of the BJP’s youth wing,” party’s media in-charge for Kashmir, Altaf Thakur, said in Srinagar.
He said Bhat had been associated with the party for over two years.
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