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SRINAGAR: In a distressing event, the Jammu and Kashmir police have apprehended a Sarpanch from the Baramulla district in North Kashmir on charges of sexual assault against a woman.
Kashmir Vindicates Its Secular Tradition, Elects 3 Sikhs To DDC
Yawar Hussain
SRINAGAR: In a first, three Sikh candidates won from three remote areas of Kashmir in the District Development Council (DDC) elections. While two of them won from the Tral (Pulwama), another candidate is a 30-year-old woman posted her victory from Dangiwacha (Rafiabad) in north Kashmir.
Parmeet Kour
Parmeet Kour contesting on a Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) ticket from Rafiabad DDC segment defeated Tasleem Akhter of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party by 96 votes. Rafiabad is the ancestral belt of JKAP founder.
While Kour polled 1412, her opponent Akhtar could only manage 1316 votes. The constituency was reserved for women in the district.