J&K News: Terrorists Shoot At Couple In Anantnag, Ex-Sarpanch Attacked In Shopian | ABP News

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. 

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. 

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.