Two days after the Abdullah government assumed charge, terrorists carried out the first attack on migrant workers in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. In the attack, a migrant worker from Bihar was killed.Two days later, terrorists attacked an under-construction site of AFCO Infra at Gagangir in Ganderbal district of J&K. They fired indiscriminately on the workers at the campsite, killing five migrant workers and two J&K residents including a doctor.Four days later, militants shot at and injured a migrant worker from UP at Batagund village in Tral in Pulwama district. On the same evening, terrorists launched an attack on an army vehicle at Botapathri area in Gulmarg sector, close to Line of Control, killing two soldiers and two army porters.Three days after Batagund incident, terrorists attacked an army convoy in Akhnoor area of Jammu district. In the ensuing two-day encounter, all the three holed-up terrorists, said to be affiliated with Jaish-e-Mohammad, were killed.A retired security official said the militants seemed to be waiting for the elections to be over to carry out the attacks to remain in the news. Former J&K police chief S P Vaid said, “Security agencies should beef up intelligence network and strengthen counter-infiltration grid at LoC and International Border to prevent infiltration and weapons into J&K.”
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