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Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday condemned the killing of a non-local by terrorists in Shopian district. Omar said on his X on Friday, “Very sorry to hear about the death of Ashok Chouhan at the hands of militants in South Kashmir. These attacks are abhorrent & must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. I send my condolences to the family & loved ones of the deceased.”
Very sorry to hear about the death of Ashok Chouhan at the hands of militants in South Kashmir. These attacks are abhorrent & must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. I send my condolences to the family & loved ones of the deceased.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) October 19, 2024
On Friday, police recovered the bullet-riddled dead body of a Bihar resident identified as Ashok Chouhan in Wanduna village of Zainpora area in Shopian district. “The body was sent for completion of medico-legal formalities. A case has been registered in this incident and an investigation is underway,” police said.
Police has confirmed that this was an act of terrorism. A manhunt has been launched to trace the assassins of the non-local civilian. The terrorist attack on a non-local 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 different labour-intensive occupations have been attacked by the terrorists in Kashmir Valley in the past.
On April 8, this year, 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 this year, two non-locals from Punjab were shot dead by terrorists in old city of Srinagar. A week later, Jammu and Kashmir police said that the terrorists, who killed the two non-locals, were arrested in Srinagar and the weapon used in the attack was recovered.
