SRINAGAR: Suspected Pakistani terrorists shot useless six labourers and a health care provider, firing computerized weapons round 8.15 pm Sunday at a camp housing employees employed by a non-public firm constructing a tunnel in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.
The fatalities included Dr Shahnawaz from Budgam in central Kashmir; migrant employees Gurmeet Singh from Punjab’s Gurdaspur, Anil Kumar Shukla and Shashi Abrol; and locals Faheem Nazir, Mohd Hanief, and Abdul Kaleem.A number of others have been wounded within the largest and fifth focused assault in Kashmir this yr.
Sunday’s assault is the second because the new coalition authorities led by CM Omar Abdullah assumed workplace in J&Ok on October 16. Omar, who represents Ganderbal meeting constituency, posted on X: “Very unhappy information of a dastardly and cowardly assault on non-local labourers… The casualty determine from the Gagangir assault will not be closing as there are a selection of injured labourers, each native & non-local.”
Sources mentioned locals have been additionally wounded within the assault on a short lived camp close to the development web site of Apco Infratech, which is constructing the 6.5 km Z-Morh tunnel for all-weather connectivity between Gagangir and the vacationer hub of Sonamarg. The freeway connects Kashmir valley with Ladakh. The mission was practically full and was slated to be inaugurated within the first week of November.
Union house minister Amit Shah condemned the killings and promised that these “concerned on this heinous act is not going to be spared and can face the harshest response from our safety forces”. “At this second of immense grief, I prolong my sincerest condolences to the households of the deceased. Praying for the speedy restoration of these injured,” he posted on X.
Highways minister Nitin Gadkari additionally condemned the terrorist assault, saying the “harmless labourers” have been engaged in a significant infrastructure mission in Gagangir. “I provide my humble tribute to the martyred labourers and prolong my deepest condolences to their households throughout this troublesome time.”
The assault additionally underscored the disturbing development of violence towards non-native folks. On Friday, the physique of a 30-year-old man from Bihar’s Banka district was discovered riddled with bullets in a maize discipline in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. On April 8, a vacationer cab driver from Delhi was critically wounded in Shopian, whereas a 35-year-old labourer from Bihar was shot useless in Anantnag on April 17. Earlier in Feb, two males from Punjab have been killed in Srinagar.
Sources mentioned the physician and two employees died on the spot, whereas the others have been rushed to a close-by hospital, the place 4 extra have been pronounced useless. 5 of the critically wounded have been shifted to SKIMS hospital in Srinagar.
The terrorists focused the employees close to the mess space the place they’d gathered for dinner. Kashmir zone IGP VK Birdi mentioned: “The capturing occurred in a densely forested space.” Safety forces have launched an operation to trace down the attackers, with the realm at the moment beneath cordon.
The Union territory has recorded a surge in terrorist violence this summer time, claiming the lives of twenty-two safety personnel since Might 4, together with 18 in Jammu and 4 in Kashmir. Talking on the safety state of affairs, Military’s 15 Corps GoC Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai mentioned round 80 terrorists are energetic within the area.
