Srinagar, Dec 11 (KNB): In a bid to loot the cash carrying a vehicle of Jammu and Kashmir Bank, the suspected militants on Monday killed the two Bank guards in Shopian district of South Kashmir on Monday.
The slain duo has been identified as Mushtaq Ahmad R/O Anantnag 30yrs and Tariq Ahmad R/O Thumlehall 25 yrs.
According to police officials the vehicle they were traveling came under attack at Kralcheck village of Shopian.
Soon after the attack the injured Bank guards were shifted to Pulwama district hospital where they succumbed to their injuries.
Meanwhile Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti has condemned the killing of two security guards accompanying a cash van at Kellar in Shopian district today.
In a statement, the Chief Minister described the incident as highly unfortunate in which the officials guarding the public money were killed.
Mehbooba Mufti has also grieved over the death of a woman during a search operation in Handwara today. She said she has been all along warning of the ill effects of violence and reiterated her appeal to civil society to rise to the occasion and make the future of our youngsters safe and peaceful.
On May 2017, the Hizb militants killed seven people, including five policemen, after dragging them out of a cash delivery van of Jammu and Kashmir Bank in Kulgam district.
Pertinently, following after the demonetization in November 2016, militants had looted several branches of J&K Bank in Budgam and South Kashmir districts. The incidents led authorities to enhance the security for bank branches especially in rural areas of the Kashmir Valley. (KNB)