Congress strongly condemns selective killings in Kashmir ; ensure foolproof security

Jammu, October 07:  Congress has taken strong exception to the unabated and selective targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley and demanded the Central and UT administration to ensure foolproof safety and security of people, especially the minority communities in the Valley.

 Expressing grave concern over the rising incidents of selective and targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley, JKPCC Chief Spokesperson Shri Ravinder Sharma, Vice President Shri Raman Bhalla, General Secretaries Shri Yogesh Sawhney and Thakur Manmohan Singh strongly condemned the gruesome killings of two School Teachers including Principal, both belong to the minority community, today morning and expressed deep shock and sympathies with the families of martyred. They described the emerging situation due to the series of selective and targeted killings as grave and grim, as only two days ago the terrorists killed Makhan Lal Bindroo and two others at will. It is very unfortunate and highly condemnable and has caused sense of insecurity and fear in the minds of innocent civilians, especially minority communities and non-locals.

 Those who stayed back and remained there all through the period of militancy and are now getting martyred in the hands of terrorists and when the Centre Govt. and UT Administration claim normalcy and termed the situation under control. The Govt. must wake up to the situation and ensure the safety and security of innocent people especially the minority community who are feeling more unsafe now.

 Sharing the detail of selective killings, Shri Sharma said that on the 1st day of this year jeweler Sat Pal Nichal was martyred by terrorists and 25 civilians have been martyred till date.  He said that since October 2019 when five workers from West Bengal were martyred in Kulgam, on October 15, 2019, Seth Kumar Daily Worker from Chhatisgarh, and Charanjit Singh Truck Driver from Punjab, on October 28, 2019 Truck Driver from Katra-Jammu were among those martyred by terrorists. He said that the owner of  Krishna Dhaba Akash  Malhotra too become the victim of selective killings. The series of such selective killings has created fear psychosis amongst innocent people especially the minorities and others including the P.M. Package employees and others.

 The situation is alarming and reverting towards 1990, they said, asking the Govt. of India to wake up and take urgent measures to check this process immediately. Govt. should claim less and act more to ensure the safety and security of innocent people.

 They also demanded adequate ex-gratia relief to the families of the victims, although no money compensate the loss of lives to the victims families.