A little-known terror outfit ‘Kashmir Freedom Fighters’ has claimed responsibility for the murder of a Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian.
Sunil Kumar was shot dead and his brother, identified as Pintu Kumar, sustained grievous injuries in a terror attack in Chotipora village of Shopian on Tuesday morning.
A poster of ‘Kashmir Freedom Fighters’, doing the rounds on social media, said that their carders carried out an operation in Chotipora area of Shopian. “In this operation, one Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar was eliminated and his brother critically injured,” reads the poster. “They were core members for agencies in generating inputs about freedom fighters and were forcing people for so-called Tiranga rallies,” the poster added.
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They have also warned: “In addition, we have already warned that anyone involved in a demographic change of Kashmir, whether Pandits or non-locals, will meet the same fate. So be ready, we are coming for you,” said the poster.
The authenticity of the poster could not be verified as the police said that such outfits have proved to be shadowy offshoots of terrorist organizations.
RISING TARGETTED KILLINGS THIS YEAR
March 2: A Panch (Independent) Mohammad Yaqoob Dar was gunned down at Kolpora Srundoo area of Kulgam
March 9: A sarpanch was killed in Khanmoh in Srinagar
March 11: Sarpanch Shabir Ahmad Mir was shot dead at Audoora Kulgam
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March 21: A civilian, Tajamul Mohi-ud-din Rather, was killed at Gotpora Budgam
March 26-27: A civilian was killed in a terrorist attack in Chatabugh Budgam
April 13: A civilian, Rajput Satish Kumar, was killed in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district
April 15: An independent sarpanch, Manoor Ahmad, was shot dead at Goshabugh Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district
May 12: A Kashmiri Pandit, Rahul Bhatshot, killed in his office at Chadoora Budgam
May 25: A woman TV artist killed and her nephew were injured in a terror attack in Chadoora Budgam
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May 31: A 36-year-old woman government employee Rajni Bala from Samba Jammu killed in school in Kulgam district
June 2: A bank manager from Rajasthan Vijay Kumar shot dead in an attack in broad daylight in Kulgam district
June 2: A labourer from Bihar was killed and another critically injured in a targetted attack in Magraypora Chadoora in Budgam
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August 4: A quilt weaver from Bihar was killed and two other non-locals injured in a grenade attack in Gadoora area of Pulwama