Migrant labourer from UP shot dead 'by terrorists' in Pulwama, 2nd such attack in J&K in 24 hours

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New Delhi:A migrant labourer from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Kashmirs Pulwama district Monday, a day after an inspector was shot at and wounded in Srinagar...

Kashmir Zone Police stated on social media that terrorists fired upon one labourer identified as Mukesh of UP in Tumchi Nowpora area of Pulwama, who later succumbed to his injuries...

Speaking to ThePrint Monday, a senior police officer said: We have found some promising leads in the killing..

The same month, three migrant labourers were shot at and injured in Shopian district of south Kashmir..

Outfits such as The Resistance Front, Peoples Anti-Fascist Front, United Liberation Front J&K, Muslim Janbaz Force, Kashmir Janbaaz Force, Kashmir Tigers, Kashmir Fight, Mujahideen Ghazwat-ul-Hind and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force have claimed responsibility for these targeted attacks in the past...