ARMY FLAG MARCH IN KISHTWAR
JAMMU: The situation in the curfew-bound areas of Jammu and Kashmir remained tense Friday after a BJP leader was shot dead by suspected militants in Kishtwar, as the Army staged a flag march in certain places and the state government constituted a Special Investigation Team to probe the incident, officials said.
The communally-sensitive Kishtwar area, about 240 km from here, saw the Army patrolling the streets and warning people to remain indoors in view of the restrictions imposed by the state administration after the killings of BJP leader Anil Parihar, 52, and his brother, Ajeet Parihar, 55, on Thursday night.
Two Personal Security Officers (PSOS) -- Om Prakash and Sahil Kumar -- of the BJP state
secretary, have been detained for questioning.
“The SIT has been constituted by police to probe the killings. It is headed by Assistant Superintendent of Police Prabeet
Singh,” Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana said.
Police has started picking up evidences and recovered an empty shell of AK rifle from Tapal Mohalla, where the duo were killed by suspected militants while they were returning home after closing their stationary shop located outside old DC office complex.
A senior police official said that the incident needs to be probed in detail as militancy had been completely wiped out from this region in 2009-10.
The bodies of Parihar brothers were consigned to flames in the afternoon. Union minister Jitendra Singh was present along with around 4,000 people amidst heavy rains which lashed parts of the Jammu region.
The Army also staged a flag march in twin towns of Doda and Bhaderwah in the day.
Three Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPS) Sandeep Wazir, Manohar Singh and Faisal Qureshi have been deputed to Kishtwar for special duty to ensure law and order.