Srinagar, Oct 18 (Reporter) A non-local man from Bihar was shot dead in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Friday, officials said. The incident occurred in the Wandana Malhora area of Shopian early in the morning. The victim, Ashok Chauhan, in his thirties and a resident of Banka district in Bihar, was shot dead around 9 a.m. in Wandana, where he had gone to collect corn. "Ashok, a corn seller by profession, was residing in the Sangam area of Anantnag. This morning, he went to collect corn from Wandana Malhora, a border village of Shopian, where he was shot dead by terrorists," a security official said. Locals later discovered the body, which was subsequently moved to a hospital for medico-legal procedures. "He sustained multiple bullet wounds," the official added. A massive search operation has been launched by the joint in the area to track down the attackers. This is the third targeted attack on a non-local in the region this year. In February, two workers from Punjab were shot dead by militants in the Shaheed Gunj area of Srinagar. In April, another resident of Bihar was shot dead at Jablipora Bijbehera in Anantnag district. Since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019, militants have regularly targeted non-local workers in the Valley. These attacks significantly increased in 2021 and 2022...////...