Kashmiri Pandit shot lifeless by militants in J-K’s Shopian
By Associated Press
SRINAGAR: Assailants on Saturday fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants combating in opposition to Indian rule within the disputed area.
Police mentioned militants fired at Puran Krishan Bhat, who’s from the minority neighborhood of Kashmiri Hindus, at his dwelling within the southern Shopian district. He was taken to a hospital the place he died, police mentioned in a press release.
Police and troopers cordoned off the world and launched a seek for the attackers. In August, an area Hindu man was killed and his brother was injured in Shopian in a capturing that police additionally blamed on insurgents. Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan and is claimed by each of their entirety.
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Rebels within the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have been combating New Delhi’s rule since 1989. Most Muslim Kashmiris help the insurgent objective of uniting the territory, both beneath Pakistani rule or as an unbiased nation.
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India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Pakistan denies the cost, and most Kashmiris contemplate it a reputable freedom battle. Tens of 1000’s of civilians, rebels and authorities forces have been killed within the battle.
Kashmir has witnessed a spate of focused killings since October final yr. Several Hindus, together with immigrant staff from Indian states, have been killed. Police say the killings — together with that of Muslim village councillors, law enforcement officials and civilians — have been carried out by anti-India rebels.
The spate of killings comes as Indian troops have continued their counterinsurgency operations throughout the area amid a clampdown on dissent and press freedom, which critics have likened to a militaristic coverage. Kashmir’s minority Hindus, who’re domestically often known as Pandits, have lengthy fretted over their place within the area.
Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir within the Nineteen Nineties when an armed revolt in opposition to Indian rule started. Some 4,000 returned after 2010 as a part of a authorities resettlement plan that supplied them with jobs and housing.
SRINAGAR: Assailants on Saturday fatally shot a Kashmiri Hindu man in violence police blamed on militants combating in opposition to Indian rule within the disputed area.
Police mentioned militants fired at Puran Krishan Bhat, who’s from the minority neighborhood of Kashmiri Hindus, at his dwelling within the southern Shopian district. He was taken to a hospital the place he died, police mentioned in a press release.
Police and troopers cordoned off the world and launched a seek for the attackers. In August, an area Hindu man was killed and his brother was injured in Shopian in a capturing that police additionally blamed on insurgents. Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan and is claimed by each of their entirety.
ALSO READ | Angry Kashmiri Pandits block Jammu highway to protest newest goal killing by terrorists
Rebels within the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir have been combating New Delhi’s rule since 1989. Most Muslim Kashmiris help the insurgent objective of uniting the territory, both beneath Pakistani rule or as an unbiased nation.
WATCH:
India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism. Pakistan denies the cost, and most Kashmiris contemplate it a reputable freedom battle. Tens of 1000’s of civilians, rebels and authorities forces have been killed within the battle.
Kashmir has witnessed a spate of focused killings since October final yr. Several Hindus, together with immigrant staff from Indian states, have been killed. Police say the killings — together with that of Muslim village councillors, law enforcement officials and civilians — have been carried out by anti-India rebels.
The spate of killings comes as Indian troops have continued their counterinsurgency operations throughout the area amid a clampdown on dissent and press freedom, which critics have likened to a militaristic coverage. Kashmir’s minority Hindus, who’re domestically often known as Pandits, have lengthy fretted over their place within the area.
Most of an estimated 200,000 of them fled Kashmir within the Nineteen Nineties when an armed revolt in opposition to Indian rule started. Some 4,000 returned after 2010 as a part of a authorities resettlement plan that supplied them with jobs and housing.
