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Chhattisgarh labourer shot dead in south Kashmir

Police said this is the second such incident in the past three days

The deceased, Sethi Kumar Sagar was a resident of Besoli in Chhattisgarh and was a brick kiln worker. Istock

PTI
Srinagar | Published 16.10.19, 09:05 AM

A migrant labourer from Chhattisgarh was shot dead on Wednesday by terrorists in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, the second such incident within three days, police said.

Sethi Kumar Sagar, a resident of Besoli area of Chhattisgarh, was a brick kiln worker.

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He was walking with another civilian when two terrorists shot at him at the Nihama area near Kakpora railway station, director general of police Dilbagh Singh said.

'We have fanned out teams in various parts to nab the killers,' he said, adding eyewitnesses said that there were two militants.

This is the second incident of targeting non-Kashmiri workers in the Valley since Monday.

Two terrorists, including a suspected Pakistani national, shot dead a truck driver from Rajasthan at Shirmal village of Shopian district in south Kashmir on Monday.

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