Terrorists shoot Bihar native in Srinagar's Shopian district

The bullet-riddled body of a Bihar resident, identified as Ashok Chouhan, was recovered by the police on Friday in Jammu & Kashmir's Shopian district.

The police said the body was recovered from Wanduna village in Zainpora area of Shopian district. “The body was sent for completion of medico-legal formalities. A case has been registered in this incident and investigation is underway,” the police said.

The police have confirmed that this was an act of terrorism. A manhunt has been launched to trace the killers.

The terrorist attack has come two days after an elected government headed by Omar Abdullah took office in J&K.

Non-local skilled and semi-skilled labourers, including masons, carpenters, paddy harvesters and others engaged in other labour-intensive occupations, have been attacked by terrorists in the Valley in the past.

On April 8, the terrorists barged into an eatery in Shopian district and fired at a non-local taxi driver from Punjab, Paramjit Singh, who was accompanying foreign tourists. The guide sustained three bullet injuries.

Earlier, in February, two non-locals from Punjab were shot by the terrorists in the old city of Srinagar. A week later, the police said the terrorists, who killed the two non-locals, were arrested in Srinagar and the weapon used in the attack had been recovered.