Waseem Bari, the BJP leader from J&K was killed by militants along with his father and brother.
The Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janta Party leader Waseem Bari, his father and brother were shot dead by militants in J&K’s Bandipora district on Wednesday, the police said.
As per reports, Bari was the BJP’s district president, he was sitting outside his shop when the militants attacked him, the attack took place around 9 pm, Jammu and Kashmir police chief said, PTI reported. Singh further added that all the PSO’s have been arrested and were not present during the incident, according to ANI.
The Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, ”Terrorists fired upon BJP worker Wasim Bari at Bandipora. During indiscriminate firing Wasim Bari, his father Bashir Ahmad, and his brother Umer Bashir got injured and shifted to hospital but unfortunately, all the three succumbed to their injuries.”
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Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has extended his condolences to Bari’s family. “Over the telephone, PM Narendra Modi enquired about the gruesome killing of Wasim Bari. He also extended condolences to the family of Wasim,” he tweeted.
Bharatiya Janata Party National General Secretary Ram Madhav expressed his condolences to the family. “Shocked and saddened by the killing of young BJP leader Wasim Bari and his brother by terrorists in Bandipora,” he tweeted. ”Bari’s father who is also a senior leader was injured. This despite eight security commandos.”
Former CM and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah condemned the act. “Sorry to hear about the murderous terror attack on the BJP functionaries and their father in Bandipore earlier this evening,” he tweeted. “I condemn the attack. My condolences to their families in this time of grief. Sadly the violent targeting of mainstream political workers continues unabated.”
A 40-year-old Kashmiri pandit sarpanch was shot dead by militants in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district last month. Congress member Ajay Pandita, who was the head of Lukbawan village in Larkiproa was attacked in his orchard farm.
