Another civilian was killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's capital Srinagar city on Monday evening. The person killed was a salesman for a Kashmiri Pandit shop owner, who had reopened his business in 2019 after a gap of 29 years.
This was the second targeted killing in Srinagar in last two days. Earlier, a police constable in the Batamaloo area of Srinagar was shot dead by militants on Sunday.
The terrorists had shot and critically wounded the salesman Mohammad Ibrahim Khan by brutally firing at him multiple times in the old city Bohri Kadal area of Srinagar.
He was rushed to the SMHS hospital where he succumbed to critical injuries. Khan belonged to Astengo village of north Kashmir Bandipora district.
The rising gruesome killings by terrorists in the Valley are likely to discourage those Kashmiri pandits who were planning to return to their homes in the valley.
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He was working as a salesman in old city Srinagar at the shop owned by a Kashmiri Pandit, Roshan Lal Mawa.
His son, Dr Sandeep Mawa is the president of Reconciliation Front and works for the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.
Dr Mawa had reopened his father's shop in 2019 after it remained shut for 29 years.
Senior separatist leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had visited Mawa's shop when it was reopened in 2019.
Mirwaiz Umar had welcomed the decision of Mawa to return to Kashmir after a long gap and wished him all the luck in his new venture.
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During his visit to Mawa's shop, Mirwaiz had said that Kashmiri Pandits are an important part of Kashmir's culture and ethos and that all those who left their homes in early 1990's must return and live with their Muslim brethren and present a picture of communal harmony and brotherhood again.
