J&K: Militants Shoot 2 UP Migrants In Budgam’s Mazhama Area, Search On To Nab Attackers

Jammu and Kashmir: Two migrants from Uttar Pradesh were injured in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. The UP natives, Sufiyan and Usman, sustained injuries after being shot at in the Mazhama area of Magam in Budgam.
They were immediately taken to a hospital for treatment, where they are stated to be in stable condition. The non-locals belonged to Saharanpur and were engaged as workers in the Jal Jeevan Project, which aims at providing clean tap water to rural households in the region. 
While one of them was hit in his arm, the other one was shot in his leg. They were shifted to the SDH Magam hospital. After the attack, the area was cordoned off by the security forces and a man hunt was launched to nab the militants who attacked the non-locals.
The incident comes amid the ongoing security concerns for non-local workers in Kashmir. Last month, a doctor and six migrant workers were killed after terrorists opened fire at a construction site in Ganderbal district’s Sonmarg area.
The doctors and workers were part of a construction team working on the Z-Morh tunnel, which is being built to connect Gaganeer to Sonmarg in Central Kashmir.  Chief Minister Omar Abdullah called the attack on non-local labourers “dastardly and cowardly”. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari had also condemned the terror attack on “innocent labourers” who were engaged in the “vital infrastructure project”.
On October 24, a migrant labourer from UP’s Bijnaur was shot at in in Batagund of Tral area in Pulwama district. He was rushed to a hospital after bing sot at in the arm by terrorists. However, no catridge was recovered in or around the incident site. 
Another migrant worker from Bihar was killed in a terrorist attack on October 18. His bullet-ridden body was discovered by locals in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in Zainapora.