2 UP labourers killed in grenade attack in J-K’s Shopian
Samaan Lateef
Srinagar, October 18
Two non-local labourers were killed in a grenade attack in Harmen area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said on Tuesday.
Police said a “hybrid militant” lobbed a grenade into a pre-fabricated shelter by the labourers.
The two labourers Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar, both residents of Kanooj, UP, received fatal injuries.
They were shifted to the Shopian district hospital where they were declared brought dead.
Security forces cordoned off the area to nab the attacker.
The “hybrid militant” of Lashkar-e-Toiba has been arrested in a police raid, said the additional director general of police Vijay Kumar.
“Hybrid terrorist of proscribed terror outfit LeT Imran Bashir Ganie of Harmen Shopian who lobbed grenade arrested by Shopian police. Further investigation and raids are going on,” Kumar tweeted.
A case is being registered in this regard.
On Saturday, a 48-year-old Kashmiri pandit of Shopian was killed by unidentified terrorists.
In an unverified social media post, the little-known outfit took responsibility for the killing and claimed it had “already warned about attacks”. It also warned of further attacks.
