J&K shooting: Bengal migrant worker injured

A migrant worker from Bengal was injured when suspected militants fired at him at Ugergund village in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday.Police identified the injured labourer as Muneebul Rehman from Bengal. His condition was stated to be stable by a Pulwama hospital.

A police spokesman said he was shifted to Pulwama hospital where his condition was said to be stable.Militants have carried out multiple attacks on migrant labourers and members of the minority Hindu community in Kashmir since the 2019 scrapping of special status.

Such attacks are seen as a reaction to the Centre’s purported plans to change the Muslim majority character of the state.The attack on Rahman was the first since the recent announcement by a top election officer in Jammu and Kashmir that the Union Territory might witness an addition of 25 lakh voters, including non local labourers and security forces, in the coming weeks.The announcement triggered an outcry, with the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration fighting for restoration of Article 370 vowing to resist the changes. Alliance chairman Farooq Abdullah said the move was aimed at snatching control of the Assembly from locals and handing it over to non locals.