Fear grips workers at Gagangir terror attack site

A palpable sense of fear lingers in the workers' camp near the under-construction site of APCO Infratech at Gagangir in central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, where militants killed seven persons in a major attack on Sunday evening.

- Fayaz Wani

The blood stains and the empty cartridges still lie within the camp premises as police investigation is going on," said a migrant worker employed in APCO Infratech.

The APCO Infratech company is constructing a strategic 6.5 km Z-Morh tunnel, which will provide all-weather connectivity between J&K and Ladakh.

While recounting the harrowing experience, the worker said at around 7.15 pm on Sunday, when he and three of his friends were in a room inside the camp, they heard firing.

"As we attempted to move out, other workers told us to hide as militants have attacked the camp. The militant firing lasted for about 15 minutes and the security team reached the place nearly two hours late to rescue us," the worker said.