An encounter additionally broke out in north Kashmir’s Sopore. (File)
Srinagar:
Two village defence guards have been kidnapped and killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district. The assault comes days after a minimum of 12 folks have been injured in a grenade assault at a Sunday market in Srinagar.
Officers stated Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar have been kidnapped from the Munzla Dhar forest in Adhwari on Thursday after which shot lifeless. “An enormous search operation has been launched to seek out the terrorists,” stated an official.
“We’ve got obtained info that my brother and Ahmad have been kidnapped and killed by terrorists. They have been village defence guards (VDGs) and had gone to graze cattle, as standard,” Kumar’s brother, Prithvi, advised information company PTI.
Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of Jaish-e-Mohammad, has claimed duty for the killings. It additionally shared photographs of the our bodies with their eyes blindfolded.
The killings have been condemned by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and leaders from the Congress and the BJP.
Lieutenant Governor Sinha wrote on X, “No phrases are sturdy sufficient to sentence the heinous terrorist assault on VDG members in Kishtwar. I convey my heartfelt condolences to the households of courageous sons martyred on this cowardly assault. We’re firmly resolved to destroy all terror outfits & avenge this barbaric act.”
No phrases are sturdy sufficient to sentence the heinous terrorist assault on VDG members in Kishtwar. I convey my heartfelt condolences to the households of courageous sons martyred on this cowardly assault. We’re firmly resolved to destroy all terror outfits & avenge this barbaric act.
— Workplace of LG J&Okay (@OfficeOfLGJandK) November 7, 2024
The Nationwide Convention stated each Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and occasion chief Farooq Abdullah have condemned the killings.
“JKNC President Dr Farooq Abdullah and VP & Chief Minister @OmarAbdullah have condemned the ugly killing of two village defence guards in Kishtwar specifically Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, in a forest space. They’ve stated that such acts of barbaric violence stay a major obstacle in attaining lengthy lasting peace in J&Okay. On this hour of grief, their ideas and prayers are with the households of the deceased,” the occasion’s deal with posted on X
JKNC President Dr Farooq Abdullah and VP & Chief Minister @OmarAbdullah have condemned the ugly killing of two village defence guards in Kishtwar specifically Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, in a forest space. They’ve stated that such acts of barbaric violence stay a major…
— JKNC (@JKNC_) November 7, 2024
An encounter additionally broke out in north Kashmir’s Sopore on Thursday after safety forces launched an anti-terrorist operation. Sources stated two to a few terrorists are believed to be trapped.
Chief Minister’s Enchantment
After the explosion in Srinagar on Sunday, Chief Minister Abdullah had urged safety forces to do “every part doable” to finish a surge in assaults within the Union Territory on the earliest.
“The previous few days have been dominated by headlines of assaults and encounters in elements of the valley. At present’s information of a grenade assault on harmless customers on the ‘Sunday market’ in Srinagar is deeply disturbing. There might be no justification for concentrating on harmless civilians. The safety equipment should do every part doable to finish this spurt of assaults on the earliest so that individuals can go about their lives with none concern,” Mr Abdullah had stated in a publish on X.
Two migrant employees have been additionally shot at in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam final week. Three assaults on migrant employees had taken place in lower than a fortnight earlier than that, the deadliest of which was the killing of seven folks, together with an area physician and two employees from Bihar, at a tunnel building web site in Ganderbal district on October 20.
(With inputs from PTI)