India to move some migrant workers in Kashmir to army camps after killings


Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a road leading towards the site of a gunfight in Pampore, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2021. Indian government forces killed five rebels in last 24-hours in disputed Kashmir on Saturday, officials said, as violence increased in recent weeks. - AP

SRINAGAR, India, Oct 18 (Reuters): Vulnerable Indian migrant workers in Kashmir will be moved to army and police camps for protection after several were killed by militants, the police chief on the Indian side of the disputed region has announced.

Vijay Kumar said he had instructed his officers to move workers after three labourers from the eastern state of Bihar were shot in their rented accommodation on Sunday, two of whom died.

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