Srinagar, : Three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers were shot dead in an attack at Y K Pora area of Qazigund in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Thursday evening.
The slain BJP leader have been identified as Yuva Morcha General Secretary Kulgam, Fida Hussain Itoo and Umar Hajjam and Waseem Ahmad.
An official told that the militants fired upon three persons in Y K pora, among them one has died on the spot while two others have been shifted to emergency hospital in Qazigund where both succumbed to the injuries taking toll to three.
He added that the area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.
Meanwhile, BJP has condemned the attack.