SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI: Thus far, five people have been killed by terrorists in three days.
Home minister Amit Shah and national security adviser Ajit Doval discussed the security situation in a five-hour meeting on Thursday. Officials aware of the matter said special director (operations), Intelligence Bureau, Tapan Deka has been dispatched to review the situation on the ground.
Police said Satinder Kour, the was from Jammu, and both he and Kour, a Sikh, lived in Srinagar's Aolochi Bagh area.
Police said that the militants are aiming to create an atmosphere of fear and that an attempt is being made to give these incidents communal colour.
One of Kaur's relatives said the two were profiled and then killed.
"This is a blot on our Kashmir.
For the last three days there have been targeted attacks on the members of the minority community. What was their fault? They have left their home to teach the students." The Resistance Front (TRF), which police say is front for terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility for the attack on both the teachers and said that Shaheed Gazi Squad carried the attack. A statement circulating on social media from the terror group said the teachers were killed for their role in getting students to participate in the “ function at school on August 15”, India's independence day.
TRF also claimed responsibility for the killing on Monday of one of Srinagar's best-known pharmacists, Makhan Lal Bindroo, who refused to leave the erstwhile state even when most Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee.
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