Two non-local workers working on a Jal Jeevan Mission project in Budgam district were shot dead by terrorists on Friday evening.

The two injured, identified as Sufiyan, 25, and Usman Malik, 20, residents of Sharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, were attacked by unidentified gunmen near Mazhama Nowgam village in Magam Budgam.

Both men were rushed to Jehlum Valley Hospital, Srinagar for treatment, where doctors said their condition was stable. While one of them was injured in the leg, the other suffered injuries in the arm.

The attack was the fourth such attack on civilians since the formation of the new National Conference-led government in Jammu and Kashmir.

“Security forces were rushed to the scene. The injured workers have been taken to hospital and are stable,” said a senior police officer, adding that soon after the attack, the army and police began a search operation in the area where the non-locals were attacked.

A migrant worker had been shot dead on October 24 by suspected gunmen in Tral in Pulwama district. The worker has been identified as Shubham Kumar from Uttar Pradesh.

Earlier on October 20, seven people, including a Kashmiri doctor, migrant workers and staff of a contractor working on a tunnel along the Srinagar-Leh National Highway, were killed in a terrorist attack in Ganderbal district of J&K.

The bullet-riddled body of Ashok Chauhan, 37, a laborer from Bihar, had been recovered on October 18 in Shopian district.