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LeT behind killing of 3 BJP workers in Kulgam: IG Kashmir Vijay Kumar

The IGP further said that the attack was part of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism.

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The Inspector-General of Jammu and Kasmir Police said on Friday that Pakistan-backed terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is behind the killing of three local BJP workers in Kulgam district.

The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be a shadow group of LeT, claimed responsibility for the killings.

Addressing a press briefing, IGP (Kashmir) Kumar said police have seized a vehicle used in the attack and that such killings were being executed at the behest of Pakistan.

"Three terrorists came in a local car belonging to a local militant identified as Altaf. Fida (Hussain) was with his two colleagues in a car and the militants fired indiscriminately on them from close range. They received grave injuries and succumbed on the way to the hospital," the IGP told reporters.

"We had made a list of 1,619 vulnerable persons before August 5 (last year) and we had kept them in different hotels in secure areas. We had kept Fida (Hussain) in a hotel in Pahalgam where he stayed for three weeks. Recently, he gave an undertaking and left the hotel. We are investigating what they were doing in a car in an area far away from home," he added.

Asked whether the attack was pre-planned, the IGP said it was possible. "It seems so to us as well because what were they doing away from home, waiting for someone or not, then militants came, attacked them and then ran away to Achbal. There is a chance that it was a pre-planned attack and we are investigating it and will soon solve it," he said.

Kumar further said that the attackers fled in the same car towards Achbal area, from where the car was seized this morning.

The IGP further said that the attack was part of Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. 

"You know it all. Recently, media persons also received threats through 'Kashmir Fight', an online medium which is run in Pakistan, or the TRF website. They claimed the attack yesterday on 'Kashmir Fight' as well. This is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and this proves that these killings take place on the orders from Pakistan,” he said.

It is to be noted that three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were shot dead by unidentified terrorists in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday evening. 

The attack on them took place in the Qazigund area of the district.

The BJP workers have been identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo, son of Ghulam Ahmad Yatoo, a resident of YK Pora (BJP District Youth General secretary), Umer Rashid Beigh,  son of Abdul Rasheed Beigh, a resident of Sophat Devsar (BJP worker) and Umer Ramzan Hajam, son of Mohd Ramzan resident of YK Pora (BJP worker) at Eidgah YK Pora due to which they got injured.

They were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where they were declared as brought dead, added the police.

Meanwhile, BJP spokesman in Srinagar condemned the killings and termed it barbaric. As per sources, terrorists fired on them when they were in a car after which they were shifted to a local hospital. Fida succumbed and was declared brought dead while two other later succumbed.

A joint team of security forces has now cordoned off the entire area to nab the attackers.

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