Advocate Kanav Sharma, president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha's Jammu wing, was injured after being shot by electricity department employee Harvinder Singh during a parking dispute in Roop Nagar. Sharma was hospitalized and is in stable condition. Police are investigating the incident to determine the motive behind the attack.
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