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BIG STORY                                                                JUNE 10, 2022  |    The Indian Eye                     4



                                  JAMMU & KASHMIR





          TARGETED TERROR







           Unknown gunmen have been selectively killing Kashmiri Pandits and professionals from outside the state.
                     Amid rumors of mass exodus, the Center takes steps to check the latest round of terror




        OUR BUREAU
        Srinagar/New Delhi
           n the month of May, two civilians
           - including Kashmiri Pandit em-
        Iployee Rahul Bhat -- and three
        off-duty policemen were killed in
        Kashmir by terrorists. In October last
        year, prominent chemist M L Bindroo
        was killed in his shop. For weeks, the
        minority community members have
        been protesting against targeted kill-
        ings and some of them have spoken
        about migrating out of Valley.
            The government had informed
        Parliament in July last year that Kash-
        miri Pandits have felt “more secure”
        and over 3,800 youngsters from the
        community have moved back to Kash-
        mir to take up jobs in various districts
        under Prime Minister’s rehabilitation
        package.
            But the situation is changing dras-
        tically with Kashmiri Pandits or Indi-  Kashmiri Pandits raise slogans while blocking the road during a protest against the killing of a school teacher, who was shot dead by the
        ans from other parts of the country                    militants at the Gopalpora area of Kulgam, in Srinagar on Tuesday. (ANI Photo)
        being killed almost on a daily basis.
            Union Home Minister Amit Shah   Budgam  in Jammu and  Kashmir on    According  to  Shekhawat,  the   school teacher was fired at by terror-
        on Friday held a high-level security re-  Thursday.                 people in Kashmir, who are against   ists in the Kulgam district of the Kash-
        view meeting on Jammu and Kashmir     These  deaths  follow  a  series  of   reforms are responsible for such in-  mir region. A resident of Samba in the
        in the wake of recent targeted killings   killings that have been happening   cidents. “People in Kashmir who are   Jammu region, Bala sustained injuries
        in the Union Territory. The meeting   since August 5, 2019, the day when   against reforms and growth are respon-  when terrorists fired at her in the Go-
        started in the presence of National Se-  the Union government stripped Jam-  sible for such incidents so that we get   palpora area of Kulgam where she
        curity Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief   mu and Kashmir of its special status   deviated from the main issue and get   was posted as a teacher, police said.
        General Manoj Pande, Union Home   and downgraded it to Union territory   busy with accusations and counter-ac-  According to Jammu and Kash-
        Secretary Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Jammu   while simultaneously bifurcating the   cusations on the incident”, he added.  mir Police, the incident took place at
        and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor   region into Jammu and Kashmir and     The incident occurred at the El-  the High School Gopalpora area of
        Manoj Sinha.                      Ladakh UTs.                       laqie Dehati Bank at Areh Mohanpo-  Kulgam. She was taken to the hospital
            The meeting was called as three   Condemning the killing of the   ra in Kulgam. The Rajasthan resident   where she succumbed to her injuries.
        civilians and two security person-  bank manager in Jammu and Kash-  later succumbed to his injuries.     The incident took place days af-
        nel were killed only in the month of   mir’s Kulgam district on Thursday,   The  family  of  the  bank  manag-  ter Kashmiri TV actor Amreen Bhat
        May that including Kashmiri Hin-  Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra   er said that the slain bank manager   was killed by unidentified terrorists in
        dus. Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and   Singh Shekhawat said that the “cow-  was preparing for exams to be able to   Budgam’s Chadoora area in Jammu
        Kashmir are holding protests in Sri-  ard terrorists will not be spared”.   join at a better position in some other   and Kashmir on May 25, while her
        nagar against the killings by terrorists.  Vijay Kumar was a resident of   state. “In small banks in remote plac-  10-year-old nephew was injured.
            A 36-year-old migrant Kashmiri   Hanumangarh  in  Rajasthan  and   es, PO is the manager. He was prepar-  Earlier, Rahul Bhatt, an employ-
        Pandit and high school teacher Rajni   was working in Kulgam, Jammu and   ing for exams so that he could become   ee of the Tehsil office in the Budgam
        Bala was shot dead by terrorists in the   Kashmir. Union Minister Shekhawat   Branch Manager and shift to some   district’s Chadoora, was shot dead by
        Kulgam district of Jammu and Kash-  said,  “Vijay  Kumar, the resident of   other state. We wanted him to come   terrorists in the Budgam on May 12,
        mir recently. The terrorists also killed   Hanumangarh  (Rajasthan),  a  bank   to Rajasthan.  But everything hap-  reminding the Jammu and Kashmir
        one labourer and injured another in   employee serving in Kashmir, passed   pened so suddenly. We are shocked,”   administration of a targeting killing.
        another fresh attack in Magraypo-  away after becoming a victim of the   said his father.                 Meanwhile, a day after a school
        ra village and the Chadoora area of   hatred of fundamentalists.”       Earlier on Tuesday, Bala, a Hindu    Continued at next page... >>


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