Jammu and Kashmir: Punjab man injured in terrorist attack succumbs at hospital

A man from Punjab who was shot by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Srinagar city succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, taking the toll in the attack to two. He was being treated at the SMHS hospital.

The deceased was identified as Rohit (27), a resident of Amritsar. Wednesday, two non-locals were shot in Shalla Kaldal area, of which one died on the spot.

The attack was claimed by The Resistance Front, a terrorist organisation that acts as a proxy for the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

In January last year, the Ministry of Home Affairs had declared the TRF a terrorist organisation.

According to the home ministry, the organisation was recruiting youth through online to further terrorist activities and had been involved in carrying out propaganda on terror activities, recruitment of terrorists, infiltration of terrorists and smuggling of weapons and narcotics from Pakistan into Jammu and Kashmir.

It said that the TRF was involved in “psychological operations on social media platforms for inciting people of Jammu and Kashmir to join terrorist outfits against Indian state.”