Jammu: Several Kashmiri Pandit organisations on Monday condemned the killing of Sarpanch Ajay Pandita in Anantnag district, calling it an attempt to "trigger fear psychosis" among the minorities in the Valley. The groups urged the central government to provide security to Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) and other minority community members living in Kashmir.
"It is a planned attack by Islamic terrorists to target minority Kashmiri Pandit community in Kashmir valley to trigger fear psychosis among them like they did in 1990s. We condemn the killing of a Kashmir Pandit," All Party Migrant Cooperation Committee (APMCC) Chairman Vinod Pandita said.
He said several terrorists outfits have threatened to "blow up" KPs if they return to the proposed colony for Pandits.
"This is a clear threat to KPs by terrorists and their overground workers... Nothing has changed for KPs since 1990 in Kashmir," Vinod Pandita said.
The All State Kashmiri Pandit Conference demanded that terrorists involved in the killing be neutralised within 24 hours.
"It is a deliberate plan to target KPs to create fear among them. We condemn this cowardice act," ASKPC General Secretary Dr T K Bhat said.
He said abrogation of Article 370 generated a hope among the minority KPs that they could return to Kashmir, but this killing was a plan to stop their rehabilitation in the valley.