Kashmiri Pandit shot dead in J&K's Shopian; Over 20 killed in targeted killings since last year

Kashmir has seen a spate of target killings of minorities, local police officers, migrant workers and those critical of separatists since October last year

FP Staff|Oct 15, 2022, 15:12:38 IST

New Delhi: A Kashmiri Pandit was shot down in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday, the police said, adding one more statistic to around couple dozen killed in similar targeted killings based on religion over the last year.

Puran Krishan Bhat, the deceased, was on his way to his orchard near his house in Shopian’s Chowdari Gund area when he was attacked by terrorists.

Bhat was rushed to the hospital, where he later succumbed to gunshot wounds, added the police.

In a similarly targeted killing, in the same district, another Kashmir Pandit, Sunil Kumar, was gunned down by terrorists on 16 August at his apple orchard. His killing was claimed by The Resistance Front, a terrorist group that has been active in the Valley for the last couple of years.

Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting since the killing of Rahul Bhat in May 2022, demanding the transfer of Kashmir Pandit employees in Kashmir valley to Jammu or relatively safer places in Kashmir. The protesting employees had submitted a memorandum for transfers to Home Minister Amit Shah, during his recent visit to the union territory.

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