New Delhi: In yet incident of targeted attack on non-Kashmiris, the terrorists on Saturday shot dead two youths in the valley, both hailing from Hindi heartland, who apparently came to Kashmir for earning livelyhood.
A street vendor was killed by terrorists in Eidgah Area of Srinagar.
“The non-local vendor has been identified as Arbind Kumar, a native of Bihar, was shot dead outside a park in the Eidgah area”, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar stated.
#UPDATE | A non-local vendor, Arvind Kumar killed by terrorists in Eidgah area of Srinagar: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar
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— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2021
A gol gappa seller Arbind Kumar Sah, from Bihar’s Banka, killed by terrorists in Eidgah area of Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir. pic.twitter.com/xYxQlTjd4Q
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2021
This is second such attack in the valley on a non-local vendor in past two weeks. On October 5, three civilians including Virendra Paswan from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in a separate incident. Paswan earned his daily by selling ‘golgappa’ on the streets. Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the killing.
Terrorists fired upon 2 non-local labourers in Srinagar & Pulwama. Arvind Kumar Sah of Banka, Bihar succumbed to injuries in Srinagar and Sagir Ahmad of UP critically injured in Pulwama. Areas have been cordoned & searches started: Kashmir Zone Police pic.twitter.com/q4NKriIW7e
— ANI (@ANI) October 16, 2021
The IGP Kashmir said, “13 terrorists killed in nine encounters after civilian killings. We have neutralised 3 out of 5 terrorists of Srinagar city within less than 24 hours.”
“A total of 11 terrorists have been killed so far in the eight encounters done by the security forces. There was a lot of responsibility on us after the recent civilian killings,” he had said.
