Police on Monday recovered the body of a former village head -- Sarpanch, who had been kidnapped and later killed by gunmen in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.
Police said some unidentified gunmen forced their entry into the house of a former Sarpanch, Fayaz Ahmad Dar, in Kakapora area of Pulwama district in the morning.
"He was forced to accompany the gunmen," police said.
The bullet-ridden body of the former village head was found in Chewa Kalan village of Pulwama district, they added.
--IANS
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