3 BJP workers killed in terrorist attack in Kulgam

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3 BJP workers killed in terrorist attack in Kulgam

Friday, 30 October 2020 | Mohit Kandhari | Jammu

Three Bharatiya Janta Party workers including the district youth general secretary were shot dead by 'unidentified' terrorists in cold blood late on Thursday evening in YK Pora area of South Kashmir's Kulgam district.

According to the local police authorities, "The BJP workers were travelling in a private car when unidentified terrorists opened indiscriminate firing around 8.20 p.m in YK Pora of Kulgam, critically injuring them".

Confirming the firing incident the local police authorities in Kulgam said, "the BJP workers were declared brought dead in the local hospital"

According to a spokesman of the Jammu and Kashmir police, "Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists fired upon three BJP workers identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo son of Ghulam Ahmad Yatoo resident of Y.K.Pora (BJP District Youth General secretary), Umer Rashid Beigh son of Abdul Rasheed Beigh resident of Sophat Devsar (BJP worker) and Umer Ramzan Hajam son of Mohd Ramzan resident of Y.K.Pora (BJP worker) at Eidgah Y.K.Pora due to which they got injured. They were shifted to nearby hospital for treatment where they were declared as brought dead".

The police spokesman said, the entire  Area has been cordoned off and  thorough searchs in the area were going on".

There have been a series of such attacks on BJP workers in the valley in the past few months.

In the first week of July 2020, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Waseem Bari  and his father and brother were shot dead by the terrorists  in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.In August two more BJP leaders identified as Abdul Hamid Najar of Central Kashmir's Budgam district and  BJP  Sarpanch  Sajad Ahmad Khanday,  was shot dead by terrorists near his residence at Vessu village in Qazigund block of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on August 6, 2020.

In June 2020 Congress Sarpanch Ajay Pandita  was also killed by the terrorists.

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