Srinagar Oct 16 (IANS) The Hizbul militant who shot dead a former village Sarpanch in Shopian district on Monday died later in the day in a scuffle with his associates police said.
According to police a Hizbul militant identified as Showkat Ahmad Kumar who gunned down Muhammad Ramban Sheikh the former village Sarpanch in Imam Sahib area of Shopian district died in a scuffle with his own men.
The killed slain Sarpanch was also a PDP activist.
--IANS
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