SRINAGAR — Two migrant workers, hailing from UP and Chhattisgarh, were shot and killed in a suspected attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday, officials said.
Officials said unknown gunmen fired and injured the two workers, who worked at a brick kiln in Kellam village of Kulgam, in the evening.
“Both of them were immediately shifted to the Government Medical College and Hospital in Anantnag town for specialised treatment. However, both injured labourers, identified as Deepak of Chhattisgarh and Bhupinder of Uttar Pradesh, succumbed to critical injuries in the hospital despite the efforts of the doctors to revive them,” an official said.
Security forces have cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track the attackers, officials said.
Further details are awaited.
The incident follows a heightened state of counter operations across the Kashmir Valley in response to recent violence. Last week, an unknown gunman killed the J&K Armed Police Head Constable, Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, while he was deployed on Yatra duty in Anantnag town.
Security forces in J&K continue enhanced vigil around transit corridors and workplaces of non-local labourers.
Senior police and CRPF officers have rushed to the spot to supervise the operation to trace the assailants.
