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Fresh Terror Threats Prompt Kashmiri Pandits to Seek Security
Some Kashmiri Pandit workers in Kashmir received a threatening letter.
The letter listed names and home details of several people.
It called them traitors and warned them to change their behavior.
Security officials think the group behind the letter may be connected to Lashkar-e-Taiba.
However, officials have not yet confirmed whether the letters are genuine.
The workers’ forum asked the government to provide stronger protection.
One employee said he would not be frightened or leave.
The government and security agencies are investigating who sent the letters.
A United Liberation Council letter named about six Kashmiri Pandits and cited their residential details across Kashmir.
Security agencies believe the group may be a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy, but are still verifying the letters’ authenticity.
The letters warned Kashmiri Pandit migrants working in the Valley to “change their ways” and claimed to monitor their movements.
The All PM Package Employees Forum Kashmir asked Jammu and Kashmir’s chief secretary for enhanced protection.
The forum said repeated threats containing sensitive personal information were a serious concern, while one employee said he would not flee.
- Who
- Kashmiri Pandit employees and migrants were targeted in letters attributed to the United Liberation Council, which security agencies believe could be a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy.
- What
- Threat letters warned Kashmiri Pandits to change their ways, named several people, and included personal residential details.
- Where
- The threats concerned Kashmiri Pandits working and living in multiple areas of the Kashmir Valley in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
- When
- One letter was reportedly issued on August 23, and the employees’ forum wrote to the administration on August 24; another letter was reported on Sunday.
- Why
- The letters accused migrant Kashmiri Pandits of being traitors and of trying to implement the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh agenda in Kashmir; officials are investigating the threats.
Employees’ Security Concerns
Authorities’ Verification Position
Need for immediate protection
Employees’ Security Concerns
The employees’ forum said repeated threats, especially those containing sensitive personal information, required enhanced security and protection.
Authorities’ Verification Position
Security agencies are examining the letters and making efforts to identify those responsible, but their authenticity has not yet been verified.
Response to intimidation
Employees’ Security Concerns
Kashmiri Pandit employees sought protection, while one employee said he would neither be scared nor run away.
Authorities’ Verification Position
The letters are being treated as possible attempts to intimidate Kashmiri Pandits, with officials investigating before drawing definitive conclusions.
Key facts
- Group named in letters
- United Liberation Council
- Suspected affiliation
- Security agencies believe the group could be a Lashkar-e-Taiba proxy.
- People named
- About half a dozen Kashmiri Pandits were identified in one letter.
- Personal information
- The letters reportedly included house numbers and street names.
- Employees affected
- Kashmiri Pandits working under the government’s PM job package in the Valley.
- Security request
- The All PM Package Employees Forum Kashmir sought enhanced security from Jammu and Kashmir’s chief secretary.
- Verification status
- Police and security agencies had not yet verified the authenticity of the threat poster or letters.
Quotes
All PM Package Employees Forum Kashmir
Forum representing Kashmiri Pandit employees serving under the Prime Minister’s Package
“The authenticity of the poster is yet to be verified by the Police and security agencies. However, the repeated circulation of such threat letters and posters, particularly those containing sensitive personal information, is a matter of grave concern.”
thestatesman.com
“neither be sacred or run away.”
thestatesman.com
Ahmed Bilal
Named signatory of the alleged United Liberation Council threat letter
“As already warned, wherever you are and wherever you go, we are watching your every move”
thestatesman.com
Sources
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