Two brothers belonging to the minority community at Chotigam in Shopian were attacked by militants on Tuesday. One of them died while the other was injured.
They were identified as Sunil Kumar and Pintu Kumar, sons of Arjun Nath Kumar. Sunil died on the spot while Pintu was injured. The security forces cordoned off the area after the attack to look for clues about the attackers.
This is the second attack on the minority community in 24 hours. On Monday evening, a grenade was hurled at a minority community member by militants at Gopalpora in Budgam district.
Altaf Thakur, the spokesman of the BJP in Kashmir, has condemned the attack.
“Strongly condemn the dastardly act of terror on innocent minority community members at Shopian in which one minority community member Sunil Kumar was killed and another injured,’’ Thakur said in a statement.