A village head (sarpanch) was shot dead by unidentified assailants on Friday in Haryana’s Rohtak district, said the police. Police said 75-year-old Balkrishan, head of Chidi in Rohtak, was killed on Thursday night, after motorcycle-borne assailants shot him inside his house. “We have a few leads that point to the assailants being from the same village. ‘Complete breakdown’Congress, the chief Opposition party, hit out at the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) government. Apart from the sarpanch in Chidi village, a young man was also killed in Gizhi village.

Source: The Hindu July 17, 2020 15:00 UTC