It’s been a busy two days in Kashmir. In chronological order:
[OneIndia] Two Lashkar-e-Taiba...the
Army of the Pure,an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is
banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
snuffies entered a crowded government office and rubbed out a Kashmiri Pandit employee in Budgam district in central Kashmir
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...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
on Thursday, in a assassination that drew strong condemnation from political parties and employees' association.
Rahul Bhat (35), who was posted in the Tehsil office in Chadoora under a special employment package for Kashmiri Pandit
Kashmiri Pandit employee rubbed out by snuffies in Tehsil office in J-K
The two terrorists, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba outfit, entered the Tehsil office around 4.30 pm when it was full of employees and people, and shot at Bhat. Bhat was living in a migrant colony at Sheikhpura in Budgam district and had around eight years of service.
He is survived by wife, five-year-old daughter and parents. His father is a retired police officer. Bhat is the second Kashmiri Pandit to have been killed by snuffies in the last seven months. A prominent member of the Kashmiri Pandit community, chemist Makhan Lal Bindroo, was rubbed out by terrorist on October 6, 2021.
As many as 14 people belonging to Jammu and Kashmir's minority Hindu community, including Kashmiri Pandits, have been killed by turbans in various parts of Kashmir between August 2019 and March 2022. Those targeted included prominent businessmen, sarpanchs and block development council members.
There has been a spurt in attacks on non-Moslems and outsiders living in Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution, which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir, in August 2019.
Reacting to Bhat's killing, Director General of Police Dilbag Singh told PTI, "This is a sad incident but let me assure that we have identified the killers. While one of them is involved in previous killings in Srinagar city as well, the second one is a new recruit." Though a little-known terror outfit, Kashmir Tigers, grabbed credit for Bhat's killing, the police chief said the Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group was behind it.
As the news of Bhat's killing spread, Kashmiri
The protesting employees also blocked the national highway and raised slogans against the administration for failing to stop assassinations. The IGP said Lateef Ahmed, a "recycled" terrorist, and new recruit Aqib Sher Gojri were the prime suspects behind the killing. "Raids are being conducted and I am sure we will be able to get them soon," he told PTI. Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and political parties in Kashmir condemned Bhat's killing.
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As protests erupt over Kashmiri Pandit’s killing, police lathicharge, fire tear gas
As protests erupt over Kashmiri Pandit’s killing, police lathicharge, fire tear gas
Killings continue: After Kashmiri Pandit, police constable shot dead in J&K
[OneIndia] The spate of assassinations in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) continued with a constable being rubbed out by holy warriors at his residence in Gudroo, Pulwama on Friday morning.
The dear departed constable identified as Reyaz Ahmad Choker was rushed to the local hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
Meanwhile the Kashmiri Pandits launched overnight protests following the killing of Bhat and demanded their safety.
Members of the community left their transit camps and blocked roads while raising slogans against Centre and BJP saying that they have been failed. There are over 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits who are living in transit camps in various parts of Kashmir.
Rahul Bhat killing: 350 Kashmiri Pandit govt employees resign
[OneIndia] As many as 350
Reports suggested that the employees wrote to Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha and said that they did not feel safe in Kashmir anymore. All these employees had been provided employment under the Prime Minister's package for the displaced.