Thread by @Javedbeigh

Remembering Bal Krishen Ganjoo

"Let your children eat blood soaked rice of their dead father. They will find it very tasty."

These were exact words of young Kashmiri Muslim militants of JKLF, who had shot dead BK Ganjoo sahab on 19th March (yesterday) in the year 1990.

BK Ganjoo Sahab's brutal killing is a story of betrayal, which is known to every Kashmiri Muslim of my father's generation and yet there is hardly any collective sense of shame & guilt. Ganjoo Sahab was telecommunications engineer, who was killed at peak of forced Pundit exodus.

Ganjoo Sahab was killed only because JKLF wanted to kill any random Kashmiri Pundit in a brutal way to create fear psychosis in minds of terrified micro minority community of our Kashmiri Pundit biradari. Sad part is that Ganjoo Sahab's own Kashmiri Muslim neighbors betrayed him

When Ganjoo Sahab's wife saw ominous looking gunmen reach her house, she hid Ganjoo Sahab in rice drum on top floor and told gunmen that there is no man in house. But her kashmiri Muslim neighbor, who had seen her hide Ganjoo Sahab revealed his hiding to militants.

Militants, who were all Kashmiri Muslim young men, ran on top floor and emptied their guns on Ganjoo Sahab. When wailing Mrs. Ganjoo told them to all all other family members too, the Kashmiri Muslim militants laughed & said, if we kill you, who will weep on his death.

In ghastly limit of barbarism, young Kashmiri Muslim militants tried to forcibly feed (Ganjoo Sahab's) blood soaked rice to his wife and mocked her & said that she should cook this blood soaked rice and feed it to her children, who will find it very tasty.

This is a true story of shame for our Kashmiri Muslim community. But it needs to be told. I want my father's generation to have at least an ounce of guilt and regret for what they did. Price of their un-islamic sins was paid by my and subsequent generation of Kashmiri Muslims.

"Blood soaked rice" will always remain a dagger of shame and sin in collective conscience of my Kashmiri Muslim community. I am only trying to atone for sins of my people in my own small and humble way.

I am so so sorry Ganjoo Sahab.
We failed you 🙏