Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 14: An official today said that two militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba are believed to be behind the attack on three non-local labourers and efforts are on to apprehend them.
He said that the Additional Director General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar has directed the police to apprehend those responsible for the attack.
Militants last evening shot at and injured three non-local labourers at Gagran village of the south Kashmir district. The injured labourers were identified as Anmol Kumar, Pintu Kumar Thakur and Heralal Yadav — all residents of Bihar’s Supaul district.
An official said that two masked men entered the first floor of a building at Gagran and fired on the three labourers.
He said that during the investigation of the case it came to the fore that two local LeT militants carried out the attack.
He said that raids are being carried out in adjoining villages and various parts of the district against them.
Many militant associates have been picked up and their sustained questioning is underway, the officials said, adding that the police have got vital clues in the case.
Kumar reviewed the overall security in the district, especially in areas where non-locals and members of the minority community reside.
“Kumar directed the police to catch those responsible for the attack as soon as possible and bring them to justice,” the officials said.
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