O ex-sarpanch do BJP Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh foi morto. Former BJP sarpanch Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh killed.

Em ataques separados em Jammu e Caxemira, um antigo sarpanch do BJP, Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, foi morto e um casal de turistas do Rajastão, Farha e Tabrez ficou ferido. In separate attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, a former BJP sarpanch, Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh, was killed and a tourist couple from Rajasthan, Farha and Tabrez, was injured. O casal foi atacado num parque de campismo turístico no distrito de Anantnag, enquanto Sheikh foi atacado perto da sua casa no distrito de Shopian. The couple was attacked at a tourist campsite in Anantnag district, while Sheikh was targeted near his home in Shopian district. Os ataques ocorreram durante a campanha em curso para as eleições parlamentares na sede de Anantnag-Rajouri, cuja votação estava marcada para 25 de maio. The attacks occurred during the ongoing campaigning for the parliamentary polls in the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, which was scheduled to vote on May 25.