Doctor, Migrant Workers Among 7 Killed By Terrorists In J&K's Ganderbal

Six migrant workers & a Doctor were killed after terrorists struck a tunnel construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday evening, said by Officials

Terrorists had opened fire on a camp housing workers of a private company, who were working on an under-construction Z-Mohr tunnel in the Gund area, which connects Gaganeer to Sonamarg in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district.

The police and army have cordoned off the area to track the attackers.

The Z-Mohr tunnel is a strategically important for defence. Tunnel will provide all-weather connectivity to people and the Indian Army in Ladakh. Heavy snowfall at Zojila often cuts off Ladakh from Kashmir. This disrupts the movement of forces, people and essential goods and services.

Central Reserve Police Forces (CRPF) security personnel  along with local police officials have cordoned off the area. Teams from the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the premier agency that investigates terror attacks, have also rushed to the spot.

The attack was orchestrated by the terrorist group The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), as the group claimed responsibility for the killings.

Ganderbal district, long regarded as a peaceful area, has seen non-locals targeted for the first time in recent years. Gagangir is located in the Sonamarg area of the Ganderbal district.