Curfew imposed in J-K's Kishtwar as tense mounts after BJP leader's killing

Curfew was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district Thursday night after a senior state BJP leader and his brother were shot dead by suspected militants, triggering protests by residents, officials said.

An order for imposition of the curfew was issued by Kishtwar District Magistrate A S Rana late in the night, they said.

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 in Parihar Mohalla, the officials said.

The assailants were apparently waiting for the brothers to return home and used pistols to target them, they said.

Tension mounted in the town