The Kashmir Zonal police on Saturday said that a woman named Farha, a resident of Jaipur, and her spouse Tabrez were attacked by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag. Both were evacuated to a hospital for treatment, and the area has been cordoned off by the security forces.
More details are awaited at the moment.
Ex-Sarpanch Attacked In Shopian
Terrorists killed a former sarpanch in J&K's Shopian district on Saturday besides injuring a non-local tourist couple in Anantnag district.
Terrorists fired at and injured a former sarpanch identified as Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh at Hurpura village in Shopian district on Saturday evening.
“He was shifted to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. Terrorists also fired at a tourist couple from Jaipur identified as Tabriz and his wife Farha in the Yannar area of Anantnag district. The injured couple has been shifted to the hospital for treatment. The area has been cordoned off for searches," an official told news agency IANS.
Election Officers Ready Contingency Plan Near LoC In Poonch Ahead of Phase 5 Polls
Elections officers in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district have prepared a contingency plan to ensure the safety of polling officials and voters amid potential cross-border firing during phase 5 polling of the Lok Sabha elections.
Poonch District Election Officer Yasin Choudhary outlined the plan, stating that 474 polling stations are located in the district, with 54 stations falling within the 0 to 5 km long-arm shelling range from the Line of Control (LoC). Over two dozen stations are within the 0 to 1 km short-arm shelling range, and around 12 are situated across the fence.
"We have prepared a contingency plan, which is a standard practice for any election," Choudhary told ANI. "For all these polling stations, there is always a possibility of shelling exchange, and the SOP requires such a thing... We have the provisions for movable bunkers as well along with designated alternate polling stations."
In response to the threat of militant attacks and shelling, 167 additional companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) have been deployed in Poonch and Rajouri districts ahead of the May 25 elections in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, according to the Indian Express.
Phase 5 of the election will see polling in 5 seats in Bihar, 1 seat in Jammu and Kashmir, 3 seats in Jharkhand, 1 in Ladakh, 13 seats in Maharashtra, 5 seats in Odisha, 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, and 7 seats in West Bengal. A total of 695 candidates from 8 states and union territories are contesting in this phase.
The Lok Sabha constituencies set to undergo polling in the 2024 elections across five phases include Baramulla, Srinagar, Anantnag-Rajouri, Udhampur, and Jammu. The Baramulla constituency, which will vote in the fifth phase, is a pivotal battleground where voters will determine their parliamentary representation.