A Sarpanch affiliated with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was arrested while a pistol was recovered from his possession at his home in Qaimoh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam on Wednesday afternoon.
Sources told a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that acting on specific inputs, the government forces carried out searches at his home.
During the search, the Sarpanch was arrested and a pistol recovered from him was also seized.
The Sarpanch has been identified as Aqib Shafi, son of Mohammad Safi Baddar from Kawaki Bazar, Qaimoh—(KNO)
