Terrorists killed Jammu and Kashmir political leader Ghulam Hassan Lone at his residence in Devsar, Kulgam district, south Kashmir, on Thursday.
In the evening, gunman opened fire on the Apni Party zonal president. He was immediately rushed to the hospital. On arrival, doctors declared him dead.
The area in and around Devsar in J&K’s Kulgam has been cordoned off by security forces who have launched a search operation to track down the suspected militants.
The J&K Apni Party took to Twitter to condemn the attack on Lone. In a tweet, the party said, “ApniParty strongly condemns the cowardly act on Apni Party’s prominent political worker Ghulam Hassan Lone.”
Former CMs Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti expressed grief over the leaders assassination.
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Abdullah taking to Twitter said, “Very sorry to hear about the assassination of Ghulam Hassan Lone in Devsar area of South Kashmir. This renewed trend of targeting mainstream politicians by militant outfits is very worrying & I condemn the same in the strongest possible terms. May Allah grant the departed Jannat.”
“Unfortunately there seems to be no end to the spree of political killings in Kashmir. Unreservedly condemn the killing of Apni party leader Ghulam Hassan Lone. My deepest condolences to the bereaved family,” said Mufti on Twitter.
This is the third such incident in the Valley in less than 15 days.
On Tuesday militants had killed a BJP worker Aveed Ahmad Dar near his residence at Brazloo Jageer area of the south Kashmir district. Dar, who was BJP’s constituency president of Homeshalibugh assembly constituency, died on the spot, they said.
(With inputs from ANI)
