Srinagar, Oct 30 (PTI) Terrorist attacks hit the Kashmir valley for the second consecutive day on Monday when a labourer hailing from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in Pulwama district.
A local LeT terrorist from Pulwama district, identified as Rayees Dar, and one unidentified terrorist are responsible for the killing, police sources said.
The incident took place at Tumchi Nowpora of Pulwama district in South Kashmir at about 12:10 pm when the labourer, Mukesh Kumar, was returning from a market where he had gone to buy some culinary items, a police spokesman said.
In the attack, Kumar, a native of Bhatpora village in UP, was critically injured and was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, the spokesman said, adding the deceased was working at a brick kiln.
This incident came less than 24 hours after a terrorist of banned Lashkar-e-Taiba shot and critically wounded police inspector Masroor Ahmed Wani in downtown Srinagar on Sunday when he was playing cricket.
Talking to PTI video, another labourer from Uttar Pradesh, who was sharing a room with the deceased, said that they heard the gun shot but came to know about the killing only after they were asked to identify the deceased.
Several non-local labourers have been working in the Kashmir valley for long as carpenters, masons, plumbers, and in brick kilns as well as in weaving industry.
The attacks on migrant workers have seen an increase.
Monday’s attack was the third such attack this year. A circus employee was killed by the terrorists in May this year in Anantnag district followed by gunning down and injuring three labourers from Bihar in Shopian district in July. (PTI)
