Terror attack on migrant labourers | SIU conducts search in Kashmir



The Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Shopian carried out a search in Rawalpora Shopian in connection with the case pertaining to the terror attack on non-local labourers at Gagren Shopian yesterday.

A statement of the SIU issued here said that the search was carried out in a non-residential house of active terrorist Hanzal Yaqoob Shah, son of Muhammad Yaqoob. It said that Shah linked with the Lashkar-e-Toiba for his involvement in case FIR No 126/2023 under Section 307 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 7/27 of the IAA, 16, 18, 20, 23, 38, and 39 of the UAP Act of Police Station Shopian.

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The statement said that on July 13, 2023, terrorists equipped with illicit weapons aimed at three non-local-labourers and left them injured at Gagren Shopian. It said that the search was conducted as per procedure and law.

The statement said that the search was carried out in a bid to dismantle the terror ecosystem and to eradicate the terrorism completely.