Kashmiri Pandit sarpanch #AjayPandita murder a "targeted killing," says J&K DGP Dilbag Singh. He was targeted as he was part of a democratic process and from a minority community. Two Hizbul terrorists who killed him identified, says the DGP. I report.
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The newly formed The Resistance Front (TRF) has claimed the killing.
“The TRF is nothing but a front of the Pakistan backed Lashkar-e-Taiba [LeT]. They only want to mislead. We have identified the terrorists who carried out the attack; they are from the Hizb,” the DGP said.
Mr. Pandita’s family said that he had been seeking police protection but his requests were not acted upon by the local police. The DGP said he was not aware of the request.
In a December 2019 interview to Mercury Times, a Jammu based news channel, Mr. Pandita said that locals, especially the Muslim brethren, took lot of risk to come and vote for him during the panchayat elections, but the administration had failed him.
He also raised concerns over the safety of sarpanches after the killing of sarpanch Syed Rafiq Ahmed and government employee Sheikh Zahoor at Hakura-Badasgam village of Anantnag on November 28, 2019.
“The Central government makes tall claims about panch and sarpanches on TV; they shoot from our shoulders… I am an elected person but I am helpless… I want to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Amit Shah… cant they see this?" Pandita asked.
G.A Mir, president, J&K Pradesh Congress committee, said when Pandita expressed his desire to contest the sarpanch election, the entire village stood in his support.
“The villagers said no one will contest against him and he won the elections..."
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