By TwoCircles.net, Staff Reporter
Srinagar: Kashmir Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), a body of Kashmiri Pandits, strongly condemned the killing of four unarmed civilians in Kashmir Valley over the past two days.
Sanjay Tickoo, president, KPSS, termed the incident as an engineered one aiming to meet the vicious political agenda and called for a joint probe into the killings both by unionists and separatists.
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“It is seems that few persons in Kashmir Valley want to de-stablize the state on the instructions from their masters and for that common masses are used as tool to achieve the goal,” said Tickoo.
“We urge state Government to do a time-bound probe through an independent agency involving members jointly from unionist and separatist factions and the same as soon as possible and fix the responsibility so that the guilty is punished,” he added.
While urging Government of India to issue a fresh advisory to the forces under their control and command to maintain restraint, Tickoo said, “Armed forces being disciplined and experienced one should show some restraint while dealing with aggressive mob situations. Such kind of reactions will no way help to improve the situation in Valley.”
On Tuesday, two youths were shot dead by the security forces in Handwara, a town in Kupwara district, 71 kms from Srinagar.
The youths who were protesting against the alleged molestation attempt of a school girl in Handwara town by a trooper of Indian Army’s 21 RR were allegedly fired upon by army which lead to injuries to six people out of which two youths Nayeem Qadir Bhat, 22 and Iqbal Farooq, 21 died and another elderly women succumbed to her injured on Wednesday morning taking toll to three.Later another youth was killed after he was hit by tear gas shell on his head in Drugmulla area of North Kashmir taking toll to four.