Srinagar: Sikh School Principal, Kashmiri Pandit Teacher Shot Dead By Terrorists https://thewire.in/security/srinagar-sikh-school-principal-kashmiri-pandit-teacher-shot-dead-by-terrorists
The shocking killings came barely 36 hours after three civilians, including a prominent Kash
miri Pandit chemist, Makhan Lal Bindroo, and a street vendor from Bihar, were gunned down in Srinagar on Tuesday evening.
The killings of the two teachers evoked massive outrage across the region, with several prominent Kashmiri Pandits questioning the BJP’s claims that normalcy had returned to Kashmir.
People’s Democratic Party chief and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti targeted the Union government for the deteriorating security situation in the Valley. ”Disturbing to see the deteriorating situation in Kashmir where a minuscule minority is the latest target. GOI’s claims of building a Naya Kashmir has actually turned it into a hellhole. It’s sole interest is to use Kashmir as a milch cow for its electoral interests,” she tweeted.
Modi governments claims of building a Naya Kashmir after article 370 has actually turned it into a hellhole. It’s sole interest is to use Kashmir as a milch cow for its electoral interests.The killings of the two teachers evoked massive outrage across the region, amongst the Kashmiri Pandits questioning the Modi governments claims that normalcy had returned to Kashmir.The spate of targeted killings in Kashmir continued with two more from civilians the minority community, including a female principal, being shot dead on the premises of a school on the outskirts of Srinagar.People targeted the Modi government for the deteriorating security situation in the Valley.
Where is Mr. Modi? Is this how we will return to our homeland? Where we are not safe,” Sagrika Kissu, a Kashmiri Pandit journalist, wrote.
A spate of targeted killings this year has rattled security agencies in Kashmir but the latest attacks seem to be aimed at creating a sense of shock and fear in the minority community at a time when the Union government is pushing for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.
The J&K Police have described the targeted killings as ‘hybrid warfare’, a new tactic adopted by militants who, according to the police, are training and arming their overground workers with small firearms to kill ‘soft targets’.