Migrant worker shot dead in J-K's Bandipora

A migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said on Friday.

The attack took place around midnight, they said.

"During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora," the Kashmir Zone Police said on Twitter.

During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora. He was shifted to hospital for treatment where he succumbed.@JmuKmrPolice

— Kashmir Zone Police (@KashmirPolice) August 12, 2022

According to the sources, at around 1 a.m., "militants fired at Muhammad Amrej, 19, a non-local labourer in Sadnara village of Bandipora's Hajin area".

"He was referred by doctors to medical college hospital Bemina in Srinagar where he succumbed. He belonged to Bihar. The area was surrounded for searches," they added.