Kashmiri Pandits Leave Camps After Panic Over Spate Of Targeted Killings
NDTV
Over the last five days seven civilians have been killed in Kashmir, including those from the Sikh, Kashmiri Pandit and Hindu communities
A spate of targeted civilian killings in Kashmir has led to the exodus of several Kashmiri Pandits living in transit camps.
Dozens of families - many government employees who returned to the Valley after being given jobs under the Prime Minister's special employment scheme for Kashmiri migrants - have quietly left accommodations.
A scared Vinod Bhat, a schoolteacher, did not go to work today. He says his school told him to stay away for a week because of the recent attacks. Yesterday, a principal and a teacher at a government-run Srinagar school were shot dead.
The Sheikhpora neighbourhood - home to the minority Kashmiri Pandit community, to which Mr Bhat belongs - now wears a near-abandoned look. It is guarded by CRPF forces but that doesn't inspire Mr Bhat or other Pandit families with confidence.
