A migrant worker from Bihar was shot dead by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, police said on Friday. The attack took place around midnight, they said.

"During intervening night, #terrorists fired upon & injured one outside #labourer Mohd Amrez S/O Mohd Jalil R/O Madhepura Besarh #Bihar at Soadnara Sumbal, #Bandipora," the Kashmir Zone Police said on Twitter.

After being shot, Mohammad Amrez, a resident of Bihar's Madhepura, was rushed to the hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival, PTI reported.

Mohammad Tamheed, who identified himself as Amrez's brother, said they were sleeping when they heard gunshots around 12:20 am.

"We were sleeping and it was 12:20 am when my younger brother woke me up, saying some shots were fired. I told him such things happen, so sleep. But he told me that he will take a look as another brother was not in the room.

"He went downstairs and saw him (Amrez) covered in blood. We called the Army. They came and took him to Hajin. The doctors there told us to take him to Srinagar, but he succumbed on the way," Tamheed said.

Tamheed and Amrez's colleagues appealed to the government to help them take his body back to Bihar.

Apni Party leader and former MLA of Bandipora Usman Majid condemned the attack.

"I strongly condemn the killing of non-local labourer Mohd Amrez in #Saudnara area of District #Bandipora. Killing innocents is in no way bravery, but a pure cowardly attack which deserves the highest form of condemnation. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family," he wrote on Twitter.

The targeted attack on the migrant worker comes a day after four soldiers were killed in action and two others injured in an attack on an army camp in Rajouri district.

This was the first Fidayeen or suicide attack on an army camp in Jammu and Kashmir since February 2018, when terrorists attacked the Sunjwan camp in Jammu region.

"Army chief General Manoj Pande and all ranks salute the supreme sacrifice of the soldiers who laid down their lives in the line of duty in Rajouri and offer deepest condolences to the bereaved families," an army spokesperson had tweeted yesterday.

Last week, Mohammad Mumtaz, a migrant worker from Bihar, was killed and two others were injured during a terrorist attack in Pulwama.

The injured labourers, Mohammad Arif and Mohammad Maqbool, were also from Bihar.

Jammu province has witnessed multiple militant attacks since the 2019 scrapping of Article 370 provisions. These possibly mark an effort by militants and their Pakistani backers to revive militancy in the Muslim-majority regions of Pir Panchal and Chenab Valley.

Although the government has repeatedly claimed to have brought down the number of militant attacks, a report by retired bureaucrats, former army officers and academics on Monday said that civilian security had worsened in Jammu and Kashmir.

The latest Rajouri district attack comes at a time the Jammu and Kashmir government is busy preparing for the Independence Day celebrations and has drafted in thousands of students for the event. There have been multiple allegations that the administration is forcing people to participate.

Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina blamed the attack on Pakistan, saying it was perturbed by the growing numbers of Tricolours being unfurled in the Union Territory. He complimented the security forces for “foiling” the attack.

Amrez is the fourth non-local killed in a targeted attack in Kashmir so far this year.