New Delhi: Terrorists in Srinagar opened fire on security forces at SKIMS Medical College in Bemina area of Srinagar on Friday, news agency ANI reported.
“There was a brief exchange of fire between terrorists and security forces at SKIMS Hospital, Bemina. The terrorists managed to escape taking advantage of the civilian presence,” Srinagar Police said in a statement.
A brief encounter broke out between terrorists and security forces at SKIMS Hospital in Bemina. Taking advantage of the civilian presence, the terrorists managed to escape. @JmuKmrPolice @Kashmir Police
— Srinagar Police (@SrinagarPolice) November 5, 2021
The search operation has been started after the incident.
Srinagar had recently witnessed a series of attacks on non-local migrant workers. A street vendor from Bihar was murdered on 16 October and a carpenter from Uttar Pradesh the next day. ANI had reported that two more migrant laborers died and one was injured.
After this incident, thousands of migrant laborers working in Kashmir started running out of the state out of fear.
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About three to four lakh migrant laborers come to Jammu and Kashmir in search of work in skilled and unskilled jobs and return when winter starts.
Earlier in the month of October, three civilians were killed in Srinagar, one of which was Makhan Lal Bindu, a pharmacist and Bindu Medicate owner.
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti condemned the attack and tweeted, “Condemn the killing of Mr. ML Bindu, who chose to remain in Kashmir even during the peak of militancy. Such acts of violence have no place in our society.” No space. May his family know the strength to deal with this loss.”
Recently, Home Minister Amit Shah visited the CRPF camp in Pulwama district.
On the occasion of Diwali, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir to celebrate Diwali with the soldiers.
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