16-10-2021: Two non-local vendors were shot dead by militants on the evening of October 16 in two different places in the Valley.
Sources said unidentified gunmen fired at a non-local labourer near the Eidgah area of Srinagar, leaving him in a pool of blood. The wounded cart vendor was rushed to the nearest SMHS hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. He has been identified as Arvind Kumar, 45, of Bihar. In another incident, a non-local labourer identified as Sagir Ahmad from UP has been shot dead in Pulwama.
Security forces have launched a search operation to arrest the attackers.