Mehbooba Mufti sounds alarm after terror attacks: ‘Non-locals being pressured to leave Kashmir’ | Latest News India

Peoples Democratic Social gathering chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday known as for intervention from chief minister Omar Abdullah and lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha to handle claims that the administration was pressuring non-local labourers to go away the Valley.

The previous chief minister mentioned that this ‘knee-jerk’ response might create additional difficulties and injury the area’s picture, significantly after latest peaceable elections.

“After the barbaric assault at Sonamarg there are stories that the native admin is pressurising non native labourers to go away the valley instantly. Whereas I perceive their apparent sense of panic however asking them to go away on this method is just not an answer,” mentioned Mufti in a publish on X (previously Twitter).

“Will solely create extra difficulties & sends a really unhealthy message to the nation. J&Okay not too long ago witnessed peaceable terror free elections & this knee jerk response will solely show in any other case. May also trigger outrage in opposition to Kashmiris working & learning in different states. Request Chief Minister Omar Abdullah & LG Manoj Sinha ji to intervene & no less than give them sufficient time,” Mehbooba Mufti added.

Seven people were killed on Sunday when terrorists opened hearth on development web site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, officers mentioned, figuring out the victims as a Kashmiri physician and labourers and employees of a contractor engaged on a tunnel for the Srinagar-Leh nationwide freeway.

The assault was the deadliest on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir for the reason that June 9 incident in Reasi when 9 pilgrims have been killed after the bus they have been in plunged right into a valley when it got here underneath gunfire from terrorists.

Sunday’s victims included a Kashmiri doctor and 6 folks employed with a development firm who had returned to their camp within the night. Among the many six have been three labourers, a supervisor, a mechanical engineer and a designer.

In response to police, no less than two terrorists opened indiscriminate hearth on the camp that housed the employees of APCO at Gagangeer in Gund space of Ganderbal district.