Ganderbal (Jammu and Kashmir): One terrorist was gunned down during retaliatory fire after he opened fire on a personal security officer (PSO) of a BJP worker in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district on Tuesday, police said.
Police constable Mohd Altaf who was injured in the terrorist attack on a BJP worker in Nunar, Ganderbal, passed away on Tuesday evening.
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"A policeman, deployed for security of a BJP worker, lost his life in a terrorist attack in Ganderbal. In retaliatory fire, one terrorist has also been killed," Ganderbal SP Khalil Poswal told reporters.
The BJP worker is safe and has been identified as Gulam Qadir Rather, a resident of Nunar Ganderbal, the vice president of BJP district Ganderbal, the party's Kashmir cell said.
Earlier on July 8, a BJP leader and an ex-district president of the party for North Kashmir's Bandipore was killed by suspected terrorists.
According to sources, the former BJP president of Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop with his father and brother when some unidentified terrorists struck and shot at them injuring them critically. All three succumbed to the injuries.
With inputs from ANI
