Migrant labourer shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir

A migrant labourer from India’s northeastern Bihar state was shot dead by terrorists in northern Jammu and Kashmir state.

The attack took place at Soadnara Sumbal in Bandipore district around Thursday midnight. The labourer, identified as Mohd Amrez, hailed from Madhepura, and was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to injuries.

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“During intervening night, terrorists fired upon & injured one migrant labourer Mohd Amrez, r/o Madhepura, Besarh, Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, Bandipora. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he succumbed," Kashmir Zone Police tweeted.

The migrant labourer's killing comes days ahead of the India’s Independence Day celebrations.This is the second incident in the Kashmir Valley in the last 10 days where a migrant labourer was shot dead by terrorists. Earlier, a labourer was killed in South Kashmir's Pulwama district.

The family members of the deceased said that they heard some gunshotsaround midnight and when they went out to see, they found Amrez lying in a pool of blood.

"It happened around 12.20 am.My brother wasn't present in the room and at the same time, we heard some gunshots outside.When we went out to search for him, we found him lying in a pool of blood. We also informed the Indian Army.He died on the way to the hospital,'' said Mohammad Tamzeed, brother of Amrez.

The Jammu and Kashmir Government has taken the responsibility of sending the corpse of the deceased to his native village. Meanwhile, other migrant labourers are seeking strict punishmentfor those responsible for the killings.

''We have been working in Kashmir for the last 5 years, every now and then a labourer is killed here. We are requesting everyone to not do something like this, we come here for work. We want the killers to be punished,'' said Mohammad Akbar, brother of the killed labourer.

Jammu and Kashmir Police have initiated an inquiry into the killing of the labourer.So far, 22 civilians have been killed in various terror incidents across the valley in 2022.

The latest attack comes a day after four soldiers were killed by terrorists who struck at an Army camp in the Rajouri district.

The two attackers, believed to be from Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed, were gunned down in the shootout after the pre-dawn suicide strike that marked the return of 'fidayeen' to Jammu and Kashmir after more than three years.

This was the first major attack on an army facility in Jammu and Kashmir since February 2018, when terrorists attacked the Sunjwan camp in the Jammu region.

PTI news agency quoted J&K Director General of Police DilbagSingh as saying that the two terrorists appeared to be foreigners, but their identity is yet to be identified.

The army recovered two AK-47 rifles along with nine magazines and 300 rounds, five grenades and other “administrative stores’’.

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