J-K: Former Sarpanch killed by gunmen in Pulwama

Srinagar: Police on Monday recovered the body of a former Sarpanch (village head), who had been kidnapped and later killed by gunmen in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Police said some unidentified gunmen forced their entry into the house of a former Sarpanch, Fayaz Ahmad Dar, in Kakapora



area of Pulwama district in the morning.

'He was forced to accompany the gunmen,' police said.

The bullet-ridden body of the former village head was found in Chewa Kalan village of Pulwama district, they added.