Even as the recent killings have scared away many non-local workers from the valley, some of them have chosen to stay, claiming that locals, as always, are on their side. At the Sopore industrial estate, there are approximately 80 workers who work alongside Adbul, and no one has left so far, and work continues as usual. “Things are dire, but our boss is assisting us in obtaining food from outside. There is no need to worry because our boss is on our side,” Mohammad Shabad, a worker from Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district, told Daily Excelsior.
