Group behind RSS leaders killing identified: IGP

A senior police officer said Monday the group behind the fatal attacks on an RSS leader and a BJP leader and his brother in April and November, respectively, in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has been identified and efforts are on to arrest its members.

RSS leader Chandrakant Sharma and his security guard were killed by a militant inside the district hospital on April 9, while state secretary of BJP, Anil Parihar, and his brother Ajeet Parihar were killed in the town on November 1 last year.

"We have identified the group behind the killings. The vehicle used in the latest killing was purchased by one Zahid but he had joined the militant ranks and is moving around with Osama," the Inspector General of Police, Jammu, M K Sinha told reporters here.

Osama is one of the seven terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashker-e-Toiba active in Kishtwar district.

"From where the militants came and went after the recent attack have been worked out. We are aware how they carried out the ...