According to sources and those who have already shifted to Jammu, the district commissioners have asked KPs residing in designated zones in some parts of the Valley to restrict their movement for the time being and avoid traveling to volatile pockets.
Despite assurances from the administration and the police, KP continues to infiltrate into the Jammu region.
A Kashmiri Pandit, a government employee living in Mattan Colony, said on condition of anonymity, “I have been living in the camp for over a decade. I never felt scared here in 2003, 2008-09 and even 2016 when there were months of protests across Kashmir after the assassination of Burhan Wani or in 2019 when Article 370 was abrogated Had happened. But today I am feeling very scared. Actually, everyone here is scared.”
“Though the government has assured us of security, we have to go out. They cannot provide protection to everyone and everywhere. Our relatives in Jammu are repeatedly asking us to leave at the earliest due to the bad situation,” he said.
Another Kashmiri Pandit serving in the Valley said 60-70% of the community members have decided to leave and many have already left for Jammu.
Living in the Vesu Migrant Camp, a protected colony, he said, “I have never felt fear in the past, but the recent targeted killings have created a sense of fear among minority communities.”
kashmiri pandit leader Shaadi Lal Pandita “Twenty families have returned to Jammu after the recent killings and around 40-50 families/employees are reportedly reaching today,” said the official.
Security has been beefed up around Srinagar, especially in sensitive areas, while the network of Nakas has been further expanded in Kashmir as well.
Earlier, National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who had visited the family of one of the victims, said, “We cannot allow the perpetrators of these terror attacks to succeed in their evil designs by expelling you. Most of us don’t want you to go. It is our prime responsibility to protect the lives of the minorities, especially the majority community of the Valley.”
Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said after meeting a victim’s family, “What is the crime of young children who have lost their fathers?”
Gupkar Alliance Spokesman my tarigami Said: “The current situation in J&K is a result of the failure of the government. Be it demonetisation or abrogation of Article 370, these decisions were sold to the country as a solution to the problems of terrorism and secession in Kashmir.
Hurriyat president Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also condemned the killings.
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