Rakesh Pandita, 56, a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party, was shot dead while his friend Mushtaq Ahmad’s daughter suffered injuries in the shooting and was hospitalised in a critical condition. Pandita was cremated in Jammu on Thursday. “He [Pandita] had gone to Jammu and left PSOs [Personal Security Officers] in Kashmir. After returning from Jammu, he went to Tral without his PSOs to meet his friend... Pandita’s martyrdom will not go in vain,” Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina said.

Source: Hindustan Times June 03, 2021 20:32 UTC