Over 350 government employees in the Kashmir valley, all Kashmiri Pandits, have submitted their resignation letters to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today, a day after their colleague, Rahul Bhat, was murdered by terrorists. The Pandits said they didn’t feel safe.
Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit government employee, sustained serious injuries after terrorists fired at him inside the Tehsil office in Chadoora town last evening. He was rushed to a hospital in Srinagar where he died. The terror group, ‘Kashmir Tigers’, has taken responsibility for the attack. He got the job of a clerk under the special employment package for migrants in 2010-11
His wife said that she suspects that “some people within his office conspired with the terrorists”.
“He used to say everyone behaved nicely with him and nobody could harm him. Yet nobody protected him, they (terrorists) must’ve asked someone about him, otherwise, how would they’ve known,” she said.
A video, purportedly shot at the protest site, showed the police firing tear gas shells at protesters to prevent them from moving towards the Airport Road as clashes erupted between officials and protesters.
