Apni Party leader shot dead in Kulgam

Kulgam: Militants on Thursday shot dead J&K Apni Party leader in Devsar area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday.
An official said that JKAP Zonal President Devsar, Ghulam Hussain Lone was shot outside his residence after which he received critical bullet wounds. “He was shifted to district hospital Kulgam for treatment, where he was declared dead on arrival,” hospital sources said.
Medical Superintendent of the Kulgam hospital, Dr Muzafar Zargar said that the man was declared dead on arrival.
Lone was previously affiliated with the People’s Democratic Party and had switched back to Apni Party a few months ago. A police official said that the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Lone’s killing is the fourth in the past two weeks in South Kashmir. A BJP sarpanch and his wife were killed in Anantnag last week and two days back another BJP leader was killed in Brazloo Jageer area of Kulgam.