Jammu and Kashmir Police asks all district chiefs to shift non-local labourers to nearest security camps

The move comes after militants gunned down two more labourers

October 17, 2021 09:13 pm | Updated 09:14 pm IST - Srinagar

Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar sent the message to police departments across districts. File

Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar sent the message to police departments across districts. File

Faced with killings of two more non-locals , the Jammu and Kashmir Police has asked all its district chiefs to gather non-resident labourers and bring them to the nearest security camps "immediately", officials said on Sunday.

The move comes after militants gunned down two labourers and critically wounded another one in Kulgam in South Kashmir on Sunday evening.

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In a message flashed to all district police, Inspector General of Police (Kashmir) Vijay Kumar said, "All non-local labourers in your respective jurisdiction should be brought to the nearest police or central paramilitary force or army establishment just now." "The matter is most urgent," the message said.

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