SIT set up to probe the murder of Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat
The government has constituted an SIT to investigate the murder of Rahul Bhat in Chadoora tehsil of Budgam. Tehsil Employee Rahul Bhat was killed by terrorists in Chadoora tehsil. People are outraged by the murder of Rahul Bhat. On Friday, Kashmiri Pandits took to the streets in the Valley to protest. raised slogans against the government. Expressed outrage by blocking the Jammu-Srinagar Highway and Baramulla-Srinagar Highway. Kashmiri Pandit employees have warned that they will not go to work without security.
Kashmiri Pandits protest on the road
Kashmiri Pandits protested on the road with the dead body and refused to lift the dead body till the Lt Governor arrived. Protests continued from place to place till late night. Later, on the assurance of Deputy Inspector General of Police Sujit Kumar, the staff agreed to lift the dead body. Late night the body was sent to Jammu. Here Rahul’s parents live in Durga Nagar.
The protesters criticized the central government as well as the state government. They said, the government has failed to provide security to Kashmiri Pandits. They demanded full protection from the government. Kashmiri Pandits living in Budgam’s Sheikhpora Pandit Colony staged a sit-in on the road.
The agitators expressed displeasure over the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits. They raised slogans against the government and the district administration. A protesting Kashmiri Pandit said’that targeted killings are happening again and again and they are feeling insecure. The government is making tall claims that Kashmiri Pandits will be settled here but it has failed to provide security to the Kashmiri Pandits living here.’
