Two migrant workers shot at by terrorists in Budgam

Two non-local employees working on a Jal Jeevan Mission project in Budgam district were shot at by terrorists on Friday evening.

The injured duo, identified as Sufiyan, 25, and Usman Malik, 20, residents of Sharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, were attacked by unidentified gunmen near Mazhama Nowgam village in Magam Budgam.

Both men were rushed to Jehlum Valley Hospital in Srinagar for treatment. Doctors said their condition was stable. While one of them was injured in the leg, the other sustained injuries in the arm.

The attack was the fourth attack on civilians since the formation of the new National Conference-led government of Jammu and Kashmir.

“Security forces rushed to the scene. The injured workers have been taken to hospital and are stable,” a senior police officer said, adding that army and police launched a search operation in the area where non-residents were attacked soon after the attack.

On October 24, a migrant worker was shot at by suspected gunmen in Tral area of ​​Pulwama district. The worker was identified as Shubham Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier on October 20, seven people, including a Kashmiri doctor, migrant workers and staff of a contractor working on a tunnel along the Srinagar-Leh national highway, were killed in a terror attack in J&K’s Ganderbal district.

The bullet-riddled body of Ashok Chauhan, 37, a laborer from Bihar, was recovered from Shopian district on October 18.