Protests against VDG killings rock J-K’s Kishtwar

Hundreds gathered successful the Drabshalla country of the district, burning tyres and blocking roads. They raised slogans against Pakistan and terrorists, and chanted ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’.

Protests were besides reported successful Kuntwara and different areas aboriginal this morning, with slogans of ‘Pakistan Murdabad’ and a sit-in connected the road.

“This benignant of incidental has not happened successful this country for a agelong time. The victims were grazing their cattle erstwhile terrorists kidnapped and killed them. This is an enactment of cowardice. We cannot tolerate this. The radical basal firmly against terrorism,” said Drabshalla nonmigratory Kuldeep Singh.

The protestors demanded an contiguous elimination of the terrorists.

“We request a monolithic cognition to destruct the terrorists progressive successful this act. The forces should expanse the full hills truthful that radical consciousness harmless to graze cattle successful these areas,” helium added.

Residents besides observed a shutdown successful the district. The Sanatan Dharam Sabha has called for a implicit bandh successful Kishtwar successful protestation against the killings connected Friday.

The wide nationalist of Kishtwar is requested to afloat enactment the bandh telephone and support each their concern establishments, acquisition institutions and shops closed, it said.

Kishtwar MLA Shugan Parihar condemned the killings and said, “I americium profoundly saddened by the horrific killings of our VDG brothers, Nazir Ahmed and Kuldeep Kumar, successful a heinous enactment of coercion successful the wood country of Kuntwara, Kishtwar district. I connection my heartfelt condolences to the families of these brave martyrs”.

She added, “The grief and symptom of losing idiosyncratic successful this mode is thing I profoundly feel.” Terrorists killed 2 Village Defence Guards connected Thursday aft abducting them successful the higher reaches of the Kishtwar district, officials reported. A monolithic associated hunt cognition is underway by constabulary and the Army successful the dense wood country pursuing the brutal killings, which person been condemned by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and leaders from the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, Congress, and BJP.

Kashmir Tigers, an offshoot of Pakistan-based panic outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad, claimed work for the attack, and besides shared pictures of the victim’s bodies with their eyes blindfolded