Two labourers from UP killed in grenade attack in J-K, LeT ‘hybrid terrorist’ arrested

SRINAGAR,OCT. 18: Two migrant labourers from Uttar Pradesh were killed in a grenade attack by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district in Jammu and Kashmir during the preceding night.

Police said the hybrid militant, who lobbed the grenade, has been arrested.

A police official said militants lobbed a hand grenade towards migrant labourers from UP at Harmen area of Shopian in south Kashmir during the preceding night.

Two labourers identified as Monish Kumar and Ram Sagar, both residents of Kanooj, UP, sustained multiple splinter injuries in the grenade attack.

They were evacuated to a nearby hospital, where they succumbed to injuries.

Immediately after the grenade attack, a contingent of police, CRPF and army rushed to the area and launched a cordon and search operation to track down the militants responsible for the attack.

-TNIE