PoK bus list leaks out, security review ordered

NEW DELHI: The Union home ministry has ordered a fresh security assessment in the wake of another terrorist threat to passengers travelling aboard the inaugural Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus on April 7.
The identity of all passengers travelling on the bus — which had till now been kept under wraps — is now public knowledge, following the leak of the "complete passenger manifest" to militants in the Valley, evidently from sources across the border.
The militants, who have called for a boycott of the bus, are flaunting the list to intimidate the passengers and achieve their goal."We humbly request the persons selected to travel on the first and second bus to Muzaffarabad not to enter the coffin (bus), but if they do, they will find their names in the list of traitors," militant outfits al-Nasireen, Save Kashmir Movement, Farzandan-e-Millat and al-Arifeen said in a statement issued to the media in Srinagar on Wednesday.
Sources in the home ministry said the list had clearly been leaked from the Pakistani side.