SRINAGAR: Two Lashkar-e-Toiba militants, including one from Pakistan, were involved in the assassination of BJP leader Sheikh Wasim Bari, his father and brother in Bandipora, the police said.
Both the attackers, the other a local, involved in the pre-planned attack were identified, it said, adding that all 10 security guards of the slain BJP leader were arrested.
Although Bari was provided security guards, none was present at the spot when he and his family members were attacked by militants.
“After analysing the CCTV footage and circumstances, the killing of the BJP leader and his family members seems to be a pre-planned attack of militants,” Inspector General, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar told media in Bandipora.
Bari, his brother Umar, who was the district president of BJP Yuva Morcha, and their father Bashir Ahmad, a BJP member, were gunned down by militants on Wednesday evening at their shop, just few 100 yards away from a police station.
The IG said security forces have launched a manhunt to track down the militants and they would be “eliminated”.Later, the slain BJP worker and two of his family members were laid to rest at a graveyard in Bandipora.