Early Times Report
jammu, Jan 1: Selective killing of a Punjab based jeweller, settled in Srinagar for four decades, by the terrorists is a very serious development as the deceased has purchased a shop after getting a domicile certificate some months back.
Although higher-ups in the police have taken the incident as routine killing, targeting the jeweler who got domicile is an eye-opener for those who have launched a campaign against the new domicile policy implemented in UT of J&K.
After selectively targeting non-local truck drivers and labourers working in the Valley, terrorists have not started attacking those who have received domicile certificates after fulfilling all requirements.
Reports said that 70-year old jeweller, Satpal Nischal-settled in Srinagar for more than forty years, has roots in Punjab. He was working in Srinagar for more than 40 years. As he has been living in J&K for the last more than 40 years, he was eligible to get a domicile certificate along with his other family members.
As per reports in a section of national media, claiming responsibility for the killing of Satpal Nischal,, the fledgling Pakistan-backed terror outfit TRF said the new domicile law was "unacceptable" and everyone other than indigenous Kashmiris would be treated as "occupiers" if they acquired property in J&K. "More to come," TRF said in a statement circulated through Facebook.
The report further said "A little-known outfit that calls itself the United Liberation Front of J&K praised TRF, an amalgam of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen, for going hard at "occupiers and stooges".
Nischal, the first domicile certificate holder to be targeted by terrorists since the new law took effect, was the owner of Nischal Jewellers in Srinagar.
As soon as he got his domicile certificate earlier this year, Nischal purchased a shop at Hanuman Mandir in the heart of Srinagar and a house at Indira Nagar, near the Army headquarters in Badami Bagh. His shop in Saria Bala is a popular one among to-be brides because of its reasonable rates. |
