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Baramulla, April 15: Unknown gunmen shot dead a BJP Sarpanch in an orchard at Goush-bugh village of Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday evening. 

Official sources told that a sarpanch associated with BJP was shot dead by suspected militants in an orchard at Goush-bugh village this evening. 

The Sarpanch has been identified as Manzoor Ahmad Bangroo of Goush-bugh. 

Meanwhile, the area has been cordoned off by security forces and the search operation has launched to nab the attackers.(KNO)