J&K: Labourer from Bihar killed, 2 injured in grenade blast in Pulwama

The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Mumtaz, from Sakwa Parsa in Bihar. The injured duo are Mohammad Arif and his son, Mohammad Majbool, both residents of Rampur in Bihar, police said.

The condition of the injured persons is stable, PTI reported, quoting a police spokesperson.

Militants had stepped up attacks on outsiders earlier this year but there was a halt in such targeted killings for the past nearly two months.

In June, the security establishment at the highest level in Delhi had gone into a huddle following the killing of a 29-year-old bank manager, who came from Rajasthan, in Kulgam. A brick kiln worker from Bihar was shot dead by suspected militants within hours the same day.

At the high-level security meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, NSA Ajit Doval, R&AW chief Samant Goel, Intelligence Bureau head Arvind Kumar, and other top officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs reviewed the situation in J&K.

Attacks by suspected militants in the valley this year have mainly targeted police personnel, teachers, government employees and sarpanches. Last year, 182 militants and at least 35 civilians were killed in Kashmir Valley.