Srinagar:
Three BJP workers, including a youth leader, were killed on Thursday in a terrorist attack in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. They had been travelling in a car when the terrorists fired at them at YK Pora area.
“Today at about 2020 hours, Kulgam Police received information about a terror crime incident at village YK Pora, where terrorists had fired upon three BJP workers. Senior police officers reached at the terror crime spot,” the police said in a statement.
They were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment where they were declared as brought dead.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists fired on three BJP workers, identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo, son of Ghulam Ahmad Yatoo, resident of YK Pora (BJP District Youth General secretary), Umer Rashid Beigh, son of Abdul Rasheed Beigh, resident of Sophat Devsar (BJP worker) and Umer Ramzan Hajam, son of Mohd Ramzan, resident of YK Pora (BJP worker),” police added.
