Habibullah Mir
Habibullah Mir, (died on 11 January 2013) was a Kashmiri Indian politician who was assassinated in January 2013. He was the sarpanch (elected chief executive) of Goripora village in Baramulla district of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.[1] It was reported that his assassination was part of a campaign by extremist militants to eliminate elected local officials in Jammu and Kashmir state.[2] He was affiliated with the Indian National Congress party.[3] Habibullah Mir was a member of the 32-member coordinating executive team of the All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference and his killing resulted in calls for the state government to provide better security for the estimated 33,000 elected local government politicians in Jammu and Kashmir.[2]
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- ↑ Jammu and Kashmir: Sarpanch shot dead by suspected terrorists Archived 16 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine, 12 January 2012, IBN Live, Last accessed: 01-12-2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 AJKPC expresses deep shock & resentment over the killing of Sarpanch Archived 16 February 2013 at Archive.today, 11 January 2012, Ground Report, Last accessed: 01-12-2012, ... Shafiq Mir, Chairman of the All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference demanded immediate resignation of Chief Minister and his Panchayati Raj Minister ... Hizbul Chief Syed Salahudin had openly threatened the Panches and Sarpanches of the state to resign from their posts otherwise they would be taught a suitable lesson ...
- ↑ Terrorists gun down sarpanch in J&K Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine, 12 January 2012, Times of India, Last accessed: 01-12-2012
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