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Amid increase in targeted killings in J&K, 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers transferred to safer places

Amid an increase in targeted killings in Jammu and Kashmir, 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers have transferred to safe places. In a rising concern over rise in targeted killings in J&K, government took this step to transfer 177 Kashmiri Pandit teachers in safer places in Srinagar.

The step came following the Home Minister Amit Shah chaired a high-level meeting to review the security situation in the restive Union Territory in the wake of a string of attacks targeting the Kashmiri Pandit community and migrants workers. Amid protests by Kashmiri Hindus for relocation to Jammu, several families from the community left the transit camps in the valley this week. While many went by their own vehicles, some also traveled on bicycles, reportedly. The protesting employees also threatened to not resume work unless the government stops such attacks and provides security to them. 

Over the past few weeks, following the rising number of targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local government employees in the valley. Recently, on Thursday, two persons- a bank employee and a brick kiln labourer — were killed in Kashmir while another labourer was injured in two separate incidents.