<p class="title rtejustify">A senior BJP leader of Jammu and Kashmir and his brother were shot dead by suspected militants in Kishtwar district Thursday night, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">State secretary of BJP Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet were returning from their shop in Kishtwar when they were fired upon from close range at a dark, narrow lane leading to their house, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The assailants were apparently waiting for the brothers to return home and used pistols to target them, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">They were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Sanjeev Verma said that police are investigating the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">BJP state general secretary Ashok Kaul condemned the attack. This is the first attack on any political leader in the Jammu region in past several years.</p>
<p class="title rtejustify">A senior BJP leader of Jammu and Kashmir and his brother were shot dead by suspected militants in Kishtwar district Thursday night, officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">State secretary of BJP Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet were returning from their shop in Kishtwar when they were fired upon from close range at a dark, narrow lane leading to their house, the officials said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">The assailants were apparently waiting for the brothers to return home and used pistols to target them, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">They were rushed to a hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">Divisional Commissioner (Jammu) Sanjeev Verma said that police are investigating the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext rtejustify">BJP state general secretary Ashok Kaul condemned the attack. This is the first attack on any political leader in the Jammu region in past several years.</p>