Terrorists on Wednesday night opened indiscriminate fire on a BJP leader and his family members in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, police said.
Former Bandipora BJP president Wasim Bari, his father & brother, all 3 succumbed to their injuries, J&K DGP Dilbag Singh said.
He further added that the family had a component of 8 security people but unfortunately, none of them was kept along at the time of incident.
A senior police officer said that ex-President Bandipora district Wasim Bari was at his shop in Bandipora along with his father and a brother when terrorists opened fire on them.
#Terrorists fired upon BJP worker Wasim Bari at #Bandipora. During indiscrimnate firing Wasim Bari, his father Bashir Ahmad and his brother Umer Bashir got injured and shifted to hospital but unfortunately all the three #succumbed to their injuries. @JmuKmrPolice
— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) July 8, 2020
He said the trio were critically injured in the attack and were shifted to a hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.