Terrorists gun down 3 J&K BJP workers travelling in a car

Three BJP workers, identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo, Umer Rashid Beigh and Umer Ramzan Hajam, succumbed to bullet injuries after terrorists fired upon the car they were travelling in YK Pora locality of Kulgam late Thursday evening.

Terrorists killed three BJP workers in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district.

The three BJP workers, identified as Fida Hussain Yatoo, Umer Rashid Beigh and Umer Ramzan Hajam, succumbed to bullet injuries after terrorists fired upon the car they were travelling in YK Pora locality of Kulgam late yesterday evening.

In a statement, police said: "Today at about 2020 hours, Kulgam Police received information about a terror crime incident at village YK Pora, where terrorists had fired upon three BJP workers. Senior police officers reached at the crime spot. Preliminary investigation revealed that terrorists fired on three BJP workers"

PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter and paid tributes to the three party workers.

PM Modi posted, "I condemn the killing of 3 of our young Karyakartas. They were bright youngsters doing excellent work in J&K. My thoughts are with their families in this time of grief. May their souls rest in peace."

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti also condemned the attack.