Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has said that he would bear the educational expenses of the son of Dr Shahnawaz Ahmad Dar, the doctor who was killed along with six labourers by terrorists at Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal on Sunday night.
Omar visited the family at Budgam, 25 Km from Srinagar, on Tuesday to offer his condolences. He was accompanied by his advisor Nasir Aslam Wani, Khansahib MLA Saif-ud-din Bhat and other senior officials.
Bhat told reporters that the chief minister expressed solidarity with the grieving family and conveyed to Dr Shahnawaz’s son that he would bear the expenses for his education.
The militant attack occurred when militants armed with AK-47s, opened fire on the workers’ camp at around 8:30 p.m. killing seven individuals, including labourers from Bihar, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh.
Security forces, police, army, and paramilitary units, swiftly cordoned off the area and started a search operation in the surrounding forests to hunt down the attackers. Drones, sniffer dogs, and other resources were deployed to track the militants, senior police officers, including J&K DGP Nalin Prabhat and ADGP Law and Order Vijay Kumar, visited the site to oversee the operation.
The Z-Morh tunnel, where the attack took place, is a key infrastructure project designed to enhance connectivity between Kashmir and Ladakh, boosting economic development and strategic access in the region.
The attack has raised concerns about the safety of workers involved in high-profile construction projects in conflict-prone areas like Ganderbal.
The injured are being treated in Kashmir’s premier hospital Sheri-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) at Soura in Srinagar.
The security forces are using sniffer dogs and drones to look for the militants involved in the attack. The NIA is supervising the operation while senior police and other security officials are also monitoring the operation. The NIA has also collected samples at the site of the attack for forensic analysis.