STATE TIMES NEWS
Srinagar: A Sarpanch affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested along with a pistol in south Kashmir district of Kulgam on Wednesday.
Official sources said that acting on specific inputs, security forces carried out searches at the house of Aaqib Shafi Badar at Quimoh in Kulgam and recovered pistol from his possession. Aaqib was arrested and a case was registered againt him. Investigation into the incident has been initiated. “The accused is being questioned,” they added adding that Badar is reportedly a BJP Sarpanch.