Hinting at some cosnpiracy behind the killings, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday demanded that the identity of the killers of two migrant labourers in Kulgam and a policeman in Anantnag be made public.He also asked the authorities where the terrorists were coming from.
"They (administration) should tell people who is carrying out these killings. All we are told is that terrorists killed them. The question is where the terrorists are coming from when all the borders are sealed," Abdullah told reporters in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district.
The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir said it was imperative to unmask the killers to test the lieutenant governor's claim that terrorism has ended in the Valley."Let us and the whole world see who these killers are. Has terrorism ended? You can see how much the situation has changed," he said, referring to the change in status quo since the 2019 abrogation of Article 370.
Meanwhile, the migrant worker who suffered bullet wounds in a terror attack last evening in Kulgam, succumbed to his injuries this morning taking the death toll in the incident to two.The victim has been identified as Bhopendra from Chhattisgarh. He was shifted to SKMIS hospital in Srinagar last night with chest injuries and later succumbed here.
Earlier, another migrant worker, identified as Deepak from Chhattisgarh, died on the spot after terrorists attacked them in the Kelam area of Kulgam.The attack follows closely on the heels of another attack less than 10 days ago, in which terrorists shot and killed a police officer in Anantnag town.
Last time the migrant workers were targeted by terrorists was in 2024 when two workers from Punjab, Amritpal Singh and Rohit Masih, were shot dead by a terrorist in the Shaheed Gunj area of Srinagar on February 7, 2024.
Security forces cordoned off and conducted searches in several villages in Kulgam in search of the terrorist responsible for the attack. Check points were also established on the National Highway at which vehicles were checked and commuters frisked.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah also strongly condemned the killings and announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs 10 lakh each from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) for the next of kin of the deceased.Omar expressed profound grief over the loss of innocent lives and said the assistance would be in addition to the Rs 6 lakh immediate relief being provided by the District Administration.
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