Army on Friday said unidentified militants at Alpha Gate of an army camp in Rajouri near the Poonch-Rajouri highway shot dead two local residents.
“In an early morning firing incident by unidentified terrorists at Rajauri near Military Hospital, there has been fatal casualty of two individuals. The Police, security forces and civil administration officials are on the site,” the army said in a tweet.
Meanwhile, massive protests rocked the area with locals demanding a probe into the incident. “The protesters have blocked the highway and traffic has been halted,” eyewitnesses said, adding that empty cartridges have been found outside the Army’s Alpha Gate.
Both the slain locals have been identified as Kamal Kumar and Surinder Kumar, natives of the Rajouri district. They were found with bullet marks outside the Alpha Gate of the army camp along the Poonch-Rajouri highway at around 6 am.
