J&K: PRIs & ULBs elected members to recieve life insurance worth Rs 25 lakhs

In a major decision taken by Jammu & Kashmir ministration council on Saturday, it has anunced that elected members of Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) and Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) will receive a life insurance cover of Rs 25 lakhs in case of death due to militancy related incidents. decision was taken by council under chairmanship of Lieutenant Goverr GC Murmu. move comes days after J&K Sarpanch Ajay Pandita was gunned down by terrorists on June 8.

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J&K Sarpanch shot de 

On June 8, terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag fired upon Congress Sarpanch Ajay Pandita at Lokbawan, who later succumbed to his injuries at a hospital. According to police, terrorists fired at 40-year-old Ajay Pandita, a sarpanch of Lokbowan Larkipora, at around 6 pm, leaving him critically wounded. police furr stated that he was taken to hospital where doctors declared him brought de. 

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Ramesh Pandita filed a writ petition in Jammu and Kashmir High Court demanding a CBI probe and judicial inquiry into murder of his relative Ajay Pandita. A coordinator of global Kashmiri Pandit diaspora activities in J&K, petitioner stated that Kashmiri Pandit community h faced killings since late 1980s. Citing slain Sarpanch's interview to a local news channel in December 2019, Pandita argued that security was provided by J&K Police despite threats to former's life.

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