Raj banker, Bihar labourer shot dead in targeted killings in J&K

Little-Known Outfit Claims It Killed Bank Mgr

- Saleem Pandit

Srinagar: Terrorists struck again at the non-Kashmiri population in the Valley on Thursday, killing two migrants, one of them with impunity by entering a bank and shooting dead the manager with a pistol and walking out.

Vijay Kumar of Hanumangarh, Rajasthan, was shot dead inside an SBI-led Ellaquai Dehati Bank branch in Kulgam in the morning. He was the eighth victim of targeted killings since Mayland the third non-Muslim government employee to die in terrorist attacks carried out with increasing frequency.

The second man to die was Dilkhush, a brick kiln labourer from Bihar who was shot dead at Magraypora in Chadoora, Budgam, on Thursday evening, the ninth non-local to be killed. A second labourer, Goria, from Punjab, was injured in the attack. A little-known terrorist outfit called "Kashmir Freedom Fighters" claimed responsibility for killing the bank manager.

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