Governor: Kishtwar killers identified, to be made public soon
NOV 1 ATTACK BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother were shot dead by unidentified attackers while returning home
Jammu:governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said attackers involved in the cold-blooded murder of BJP leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar were identified and will be brought before the people soon.
The Parihar brothers were shot dead by unidentified attackers on Thursday night in Kishtwar town while they were returning home after shutting their stationery shop in the communally sensitive district.
Since then, the town remains under curfew with relaxations in phases for few hours on Saturday and Sunday.
Malik was fielding media queries here after inspecting guard of honour on the reopening of Darbar Move offices in Jammu for the next six months.
“It was a terrorist attack and they (attackers) will soon be in front of you,” said Malik.
Acts of violence and terror were being committed out of sheer frustration because the recently concluded four-phase local body elections were conducted very peacefully, he added.
“Their (terrorists) mentors across the border (in Pakistan) are not comfortable with the peaceful local body elections and hence militants are being pushed for terror activities,” the governor said.
On how big is the challenge to conduct panchayat elections from November 17, Malik said living in Jammu and Kashmir and being its governor itself is a challenge.
“But we will manage these elections as well.
Weather has to stay stable and we will tackle militancy. We are not going to allow militancy to hamper democratic process,” he said.
On stone-pelting in Kashmir, he said, “No major incident took place in the last two months because I addressed the issue very honestly.
Only 10 to 20 youth got involved. Not even a bird was hurt in the last two months during local body elections.”
He said the government was working on Rohingyas and work on their biometrics will be completed in the next 2 months.
PROTESTS MARK OPENING OF SECRETARIAT
A series of protests marked the opening of the civil secretariat here, with agitators seeking the intervention of the governor to resolve their grievances.
The civil secretariat, Raj Bhavan, and other move offices, opened after a ten-day break. Repeated attempts by protesters to march towards the secretariat from the Exhibition Ground were scuttled by police.
CURFEW CONTINUES IN KISHTWAR
Curfew continued for the fifth consecutive day in J&k’s Kishtwar town on Monday, which was imposed following the killing of a senior BJP leader and his brother by suspected militants, officials said. District development commissioner Angrez Singh Rana said the curfew continued to remain imposed on Monday and relaxations, if any, will be decided later in the day. He said the law and order situation is normal and no untoward incident was reported from anywhere.