Angry Kashmiri Pandits block Jammu highway to protest newest goal killing by terrorists

By PTI

JAMMU: Hundreds of protesting displaced Kashmiri Pandit staff, who’re searching for their relocation from the valley, on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Akhnoor highway to protest the most recent focused killing of their group member by terrorists within the valley.

Puran Krishan Bhat was fired upon by terrorists close to his residence within the Chowdhary Gund space of south Kashmir’s Shopian district this afternoon, leading to his demise.

The Pandits, employed underneath Prime Minister’s employment bundle, are on protest on the aid commissioner’s workplace in Jammu over the previous 5 months following the killing of their colleague Rahul Bhat in Kashmir final May.

As the information of the most recent killing of Kashmiri Pandit broke out, they got here out of the protest website and marched in the direction of the primary highway and blocked the freeway, amid high-pitch sloganeering to denounce the goal killings by terrorists and the alleged failure of the federal government to cope with the scenario.

“Our worst fears have once again come true with the latest killing. We have already fled the valley otherwise we feel many of us have been done to death, one of the protesters,” Nikhil Kaul mentioned.

He mentioned they’ve been saying that the scenario within the valley is just not secure for them however this authorities remained unmoved and paid no heed to their pleas for relocation.

 Yogesh Pandit, one other protester, mentioned “the administration is trying to pressure them to rejoin their duties by issuing death warrants in the form of making biometric attendance mandatory and stopping their salaries.”

“The killing of Bhat exposed the government’s claims about the improved security situation in the valley. We will not return till the situation becomes normal in the true sense,” he mentioned.

Pandit mentioned they’ve tried to achieve the federal government via memorandums and protests for his or her relocation from the valley following the sequence of focused killings over the previous one yr.

“This government is deaf, dumb and blind,” the agitated Pandit mentioned, asking what was their fault for which they’re being brutally killed by terrorists.

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal activist additionally joined the protesters and set ablaze an effigy of Pakistan to sentence the frequent goal killings by terrorists within the valley.

JAMMU: Hundreds of protesting displaced Kashmiri Pandit staff, who’re searching for their relocation from the valley, on Saturday blocked the Jammu-Akhnoor highway to protest the most recent focused killing of their group member by terrorists within the valley.

Puran Krishan Bhat was fired upon by terrorists close to his residence within the Chowdhary Gund space of south Kashmir’s Shopian district this afternoon, leading to his demise.

The Pandits, employed underneath Prime Minister’s employment bundle, are on protest on the aid commissioner’s workplace in Jammu over the previous 5 months following the killing of their colleague Rahul Bhat in Kashmir final May.

As the information of the most recent killing of Kashmiri Pandit broke out, they got here out of the protest website and marched in the direction of the primary highway and blocked the freeway, amid high-pitch sloganeering to denounce the goal killings by terrorists and the alleged failure of the federal government to cope with the scenario.

“Our worst fears have once again come true with the latest killing. We have already fled the valley otherwise we feel many of us have been done to death, one of the protesters,” Nikhil Kaul mentioned.

He mentioned they’ve been saying that the scenario within the valley is just not secure for them however this authorities remained unmoved and paid no heed to their pleas for relocation.

 Yogesh Pandit, one other protester, mentioned “the administration is trying to pressure them to rejoin their duties by issuing death warrants in the form of making biometric attendance mandatory and stopping their salaries.”

“The killing of Bhat exposed the government’s claims about the improved security situation in the valley. We will not return till the situation becomes normal in the true sense,” he mentioned.

Pandit mentioned they’ve tried to achieve the federal government via memorandums and protests for his or her relocation from the valley following the sequence of focused killings over the previous one yr.

“This government is deaf, dumb and blind,” the agitated Pandit mentioned, asking what was their fault for which they’re being brutally killed by terrorists.

Rashtriya Bajrang Dal activist additionally joined the protesters and set ablaze an effigy of Pakistan to sentence the frequent goal killings by terrorists within the valley.