The normalcy narrative by the government of India post the revocation of the special status of the erstwhile state under Article 370 seems to be falling like a house of cards.
Assembled under the banner of ‘All Jammu-based reserved categories employees association’, the protesters said they will not resume their duties as the government has “failed” to stop targeted killings and provide a secure atmosphere to them.
Employee of the Ellaqui Dehati Bank, Vijay Kumar hailing from Rajasthan was shot inside the bank premises. He was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to injuries on the way.
Rahul Gandhi's remarks come a day after school teacher Renu Bala was gunned down near her school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by terrorists.
The woman is a resident of Samba (Jammu division). Terrorists involved in this gruesome terror crime will be soon identified and neutralized, assured the Kashmir Zone Police.
The woman has been identified as Amreen Bhat, 35, daughter of Khazar Bhat in Chadoora. Her 10-year-old nephew was also injured in the attack. Amreen was a local TV artist.
Bhat, who had got the job of a clerk under the special employment package for Kashmiri Pandits in 2010-11, was gunned down by terrorists inside the tehsil office in Chadoora town on Thursday.
Incriminating materials, arms and ammunition were recovered from the encounter site in Brar and all the recovered materials have been taken into case records for further investigation.
J&K's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha also announced a government job for Bhat's wife and said the administration will bear the educational expenses of his daughter.
Mehbooba Mufti said that she wanted to visit Budgam to express solidarity with Kashmiri Pandits but she was not allowed to leave her Srinagar residence.
Kashmiri Pandits protest in J&K against terrorist killing of Chadoora Tehsil office employee Rahul Bhat
The Kashmir Files, which was released across the country on March 11, depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in the 1990s.
Arvind Kejriwal had earlier asked the central government to upload the film on YouTube. He repeated the suggestion again on Saturday and said that the proceeds so far earned from it should be spent on the welfare of Kashmiri Pandits.
Written and directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Zee Studios, 'The Kashmir Files' depicts the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Kashmir following systematic killings of people from the community by Pakistan-backed terrorists. Anupam Kher plays Pushkar Nath Pandit in the film.
Amit Malviya shared a copy of J&K Migrant Immovable Property Act, claiming it was introduced by Farooq Abdullah, in which 1 November 1989 was the 'cut off for exodus.'
Vivek Agnihotri, the maker of The Kashmir Files took to Twitter to share a video of a Pakistani channel where a Kashmiri Muslim is seen "acknowledging the genocide" against Kashmiri Pandits and apologising to the community. Here's what he said about it.
Congress' Kerala unit in a series of tweets sought to blame the Bharatiya Janata Party for the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits and alleged that the issue 'suits BJP's propaganda to create a fake outrage for electoral gain'.
The Kashmir Files stars Anupam Kher, Darshan Kumaar and Mithun Chakraborty in lead roles and Vivek Agnihotri has written and directed it. It recounts the horrors that unfolded in the 1990s when Kashmiri Pandits were forced to leave their homeland.
"National Conference is the only party that can ensure the return and rehabilitation of the Pandits in the valley," says senior NC leader Anil Dhar
Eleven persons, including two teachers, a prominent Kashmiri pandit pharmacy owner and five non-local labouers, were killed in a series of separate attacks by terrorists in the valley this month.
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