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On Tuesday, the Jammu and Kashmir police declared that they had successfully captured Adil Manzoor Langoo, the terrorist who killed two Punjabi labourers brutally on February 7 in the Habba Kadal neighbourhood of Srinagar.
Additional Director General of Police Vijay Kumar confirmed the arrest by stating that the terrorist opened fire on the two labourers residing in the Habba Kadal area, Punjab on February 7. Amritpal Singh and Rohit Masih, two woodworkers, were shot at their house in the Shahed Gunj neighbourhood of Shalla Kadal.
Amritpal Singh passed right away, and Rohit Masih survived an initial medical emergency but eventually passed away from his wounds. Both were from Punjab’s Amritsar district and had been working in Jammu & Kashmir to help their destitute families.
As per the Additional Director General of Police, the police have effectively retrieved the firearm that was utilised in the incident.
Based on the inquiry, it was determined that handlers in Pakistan had used social media to influence and recruit Adil Manzoor Langoo into the terrorist community. This new information illuminates the ongoing outside factors fueling violence in the area.
Jammu and Kashmir have been facing violent incidents against non-locals since 2019. This is due to the Union government’s decision to repeal Article 370, which gave the state special status. The terrorist attack that took place in Shahed Gunj is the first known instance of violence against foreigners in Jammu and Kashmir this year.
Since the Union government decided to revoke Article 370, which gave the state special status, Jammu and Kashmir has been dealing with violent occurrences against non-locals. This year’s first documented terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir against non-locals took place in Shahed Gunj.
The current incident is an extension of an identical pattern of violence that was observed in Pulwama in October 2023 when an migrant worker from Uttar Pradesh was shot and killed. According to the police report, “A worker in the Tumchi Nowpora region of Pulwama was shot by terrorists; the man eventually died from his wounds. Area marked off with tape.”
