Kashmiri Pandit shot dead by ultras in J&K

Srinagar: A terrorist shot dead 43-year-old Kashmiri Pandit farmer Puran Krishan Bhat outside his home in Choudharygund village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Saturday morning, triggering protests in Jammu against the latest targeted attack on the community, reports Saleem Pandit.DIG Sujit Kumar said Kashmir Freedom Fighter (KFF), the proxy name of a terrorist outfit, claimed responsibility for the attack on Bhat, who is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. The area has been cordoned off and a hunt launched to nab the assailant.Bhat was the seventh Kashmiri Pandit killed since 2020.
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