SOURCE: TIMES NOW
Amid the recent spate of violence against the BJP functionaries in the Valley, a panchayat member of the saffron party has gone missing from the Shopian district of Jammu and Kasmir. However, an audio clip that has gone viral claims that the BJP leader has been killed by some terrorists.
According to the police the BJP panchayat member, who went missing in the Chakoora area two days back, had gone to Shopian for some work. Police said the claims in the viral audio tape are being verified.
The audio clip was apparently released by some terrorist outfit who are claiming that the BJP panch was hobnobbing with the authorities, further adding that there were complaints against the BJP leader who was picked and killed, reports Times Now’s Mir Fareed.
The terrorists further claimed that they didn’t hand over the body to the family due to the coronavirus outbreak and the body has buried somewhere.
The development comes amid a series of terrorist attacks took place on several political activists in the last month. Earlier this month, as many as 17 BJP workers resigned fearing for their lives after a party functionary was seriously injured in an attack in Budgam district of central Kashmir.
The attack had triggered a string of resignations from party workers in the Valley. The Jammu and Kashmir BJP had also written to the central leadership seeking secured apartments for party workers in every district.
On August 5, terrorist shot at and injured a panch affiliated to the BJP in Kulgam district. The panch, Arif Ahmad Shah, was shot at in Akhran area of Kulgam district, a police official had said. Shah was rushed to a hospital at Qazigund where his condition was stated to be stable, he said.
