J&K Police instruct relocation of non-local labourers to nearest security camps

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

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

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

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.

The district administration has made strict security arrangements throughout the district to deal with such attacks. Several checkpoints have been set up at various places in the district while pedestrians coming and going are being questioned.

For the past several weeks, there has been a great deal of public concern over the deaths of non-locals across the valley.

(With inputs from agencies)