Sajad Ahmad Khanday, Sarpanch (head of the Panchayat, village level local self-Government institution), affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was shot dead by militants near his home at Vessu in Qazigund area in Kulgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India early on August 6 (today), reports Daily Excelsior. Khanday was immediately rushed to a hospital in nearby Anantnag District where he was declared brought dead. The incident comes less than 48 hours after Arif Ahmad Khan, Sarpanch, was shot at Akhran Qazigund in Kulgam District.