J&K Govt To Form Special Investigation Team To Probe Killing Of Kashmiri Pandit Govt Employee

On Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced the formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee in the Budgam district.

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The administration also announced that a government job would be provided to the wife of the slain employee.

Rahul Bhat was shot at and critically injured by militants in his office at Chadoora in Budgam district on Thursday.

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Bhat succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Srinagar.

A decision has been taken to constitute special investigative team to probe all the aspects of the despicable terror attack. The SHO of the concerned police station has also been attached.

¡ª Office of LG J&K (@OfficeOfLGJandK) May 13, 2022

"A decision has been taken to constitute a special investigative team to probe all the aspects of the despicable terror attack. The SHO of the concerned police station has also been attached," Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha tweeted.

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He also announced a government job for Bhat's wife and said the administration would bear the educational expenses of his daughter.

J&K administration to provide a government job to Rahul Bhat's wife in Jammu and financial assistance to the family. The government will bear educational expenses of the daughter.

¡ª Office of LG J&K (@OfficeOfLGJandK) May 13, 2022

"J&K administration to provide a government job to Rahul Bhat's wife in Jammu and financial assistance to the family. The government will bear the educational expenses of the daughter," Sinha added.

Jammu | He used to say everyone behaves nicely with him &nobody can harm him. Yet nobody protected him, they (terrorists) must've asked someone about him, otherwise, how would they've known: Wife of Chadoora Tehsil Office employee Rahul Bhat, who was shot dead by terrorists y'day pic.twitter.com/zL1JkrtcrW

¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2022

Bhat's killing evoked massive protests from Kashmiri Pandits working in the Valley under the Prime Minister's Employment Package for the migrants.

Budgam, J&K | Kashmiri Pandit govt employees & their families protest against killing of Chadoora Tehsil Office employee Rahul Bhat

If the Administration can lathicharge & tear gas the public, then could they not have caught the terrorist yesterday?: Aparna Pandit, a protester pic.twitter.com/oXAB5OKo5M

¡ª ANI (@ANI) May 13, 2022

On Friday, police had to use tear smoke shells and resort to baton charge to disperse a group of protesting migrant employees at Sheikhpura in Budgam who were on their way to Srinagar International Airport to protest against the killing.

Today Jammu and Kashmir student¡¯s welfare forum ( @JKSWFofficial ) held a protest on the killing of Rahul bhat by terrorists in chadoora . pic.twitter.com/xxjehIAD41

¡ª Kamran Ali Mir (@kamranalimir) May 12, 2022

Multiple reports claimed 350 government employees in the Kashmir valley, and all Kashmiri Pandits submitted their resignation letters to J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, stating they feel 'unsafe'. This comes a day after their colleague, Rahul Bhat, was murdered.

#BREAKING: Mass resignation by more than 350 Kashmiri Pandit Prime Minister Package Employees in Kashmir sent to Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha today. Pandits say they don¡¯t feel safe after killing of KP Govt Employee Rahul Bhat by terrorists. @narendramodi @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/d5tqPYqcaF

¡ª Aditya Raj Kaul (@AdityaRajKaul) May 13, 2022

Meanwhile, the district administration of Srinagar has dismissed reports about mass resignations by Kashmiri Pandit employees.

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"The social media reports of resignations by Migrant employees are denied as no such letter of resignation(s) have been received by the administration. Service-related issues are being addressed in a time-bound manner, in (a) week," it tweeted from its official handle.

(With PTI Inputs)

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