Jammu, Feb 26: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha on Sunday condemned the killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Pulwama saying the administration has given free hand to security forces to deal with the killers.
“Strongly condem the dastardly terror attack on Sanjay Kumar Sharma in Pulwama,” Sinha said in a statement. He said the administration is standing strong with the bereaved family. “My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. The administration has given a free hand to the security forces to deal with the terrorists and we will continue to combat such acts of terrorism firmly and decisively,” he said.
Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) south Kashmir, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, said the police are acting swiftly to investigate the matter of the killing of the minority community member and promised to bring justice.
In yet another targeted attack on the minority community in the Kashmir valley, a Kashmiri Pandit, who reportedly worked as a bank security guard, was allegedly shot dead by suspected militants in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday.
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Police said that the suspected terrorists fired upon Sanjay Sharma, a resident of Achan in Pulwama, while he was on his way to a local market and he was rushed to the hospital, however, he could not be saved. The attack came just a day after militants allegedly fired upon and injured Asif Ganai, son of a slain police head constable, outside a mosque in the Bijbehara area of Anantnag on Friday.
Deputy inspector general of police (DIG) south Kashmir, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, said the police are acting swiftly to investigate the matter of the killing of the minority community member and promised to bring justice.
Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, an organization of pandits condemned the killing saying that Sharma was a non-migrant. “Shame on (J&K LG) Manoj Sinha. Yet another, non-migrant Kashmiri pandit Killed today. (He) was working as guard at ATM near his residence at Achan Pulwama, is survived by his wife and two children,” KPSS said in a tweet.
In another Tweet on Sunday, they targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central government, union home minister Amit Shah and lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha.
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