Targeted killings in the Kashmir valley have witnessed a spike. In the latest attacks on Friday, a non-local laborer was killed by militants in the Bandipora district.
As per figures available to The Kashmiriyat, Twenty-three civilians have died during targetted attacks in Kashmir in the first nine months of 2022 against a total of 15 killings during this period in the previous year.
A non-local labourer identified as Muhammad Amrej, 19, was shot dead in Sadnara village of Bandipora’s Hajin area, an official said.
Earlier, Jammu Kashmir Police said that “Law and order” incidents in Kashmir had dropped by over 88 percent in three years since the abrogation of the special status compared to the preceding three years.
From August 5, 2016, to August 4, 2019, the Valley witnessed 3,686 law and order incidents, as per the data shared by the police.
As many as 118 civilians, including 21 Hindus, among them five Kashmiri Pandits, have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370, the Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai recently told parliament. The minister, however, informed the House that there has been a substantial decline in the militancy-related violence in the last three years.
Here is the timeline of the targetted attacks from January this year:
January 9 – Police constable Ali Mohammad Ganai was killed in a militant attack outside his house in South Kashmir’s Anantnag.
March 2: Panch Mohammad Yakub Dar was killed in Kulpora Srandoo Kulgam.
March 6 – Two civilians Mohammad Aslam and Rafia Jaan lost their lives in a grenade attack in Amirakadal.
March 9- Sarpanch Samir Butt belonging to PDP killed in Khumoh, Srinagar.
March 11- Sarpanch Shabbir Ahmed murdered in Adoora Kulgam.
March 21 – Murder of a civilian named Tajammul Mohiuddin outside his house in Gotipora Budgam.
March 27- SPO killed along with his brother Umar Ahmed Dar in Chadbug Budgam.
April 13 – Dogra Rajput named Satish Kumar Singh kiled in Kakran, Kulgam.
April 15- Sarpanch Manzoor Bangru killed in Pattan Baramulla.
May 7 – Policeman Ghulam Hasan Dar killed in Ali Jan Marg, Srinagar.
May 12 – Kashmiri Pandit, Rahul Bhatt murdered at Tehsildar’s office in Chadoora.
May 13- Police constable dies in militant attack outside his house in Gudroo Pulwama.
May 15- Ranjit Singh, who worked at a liquor shop in Baramulla dies during a grenade attack.
May 24 – Policeman Saifullah Qadri dies in a militant attack outside his house in Soura Srinagar.
May 26- TV artist Amrina Butt murdered at her house in Hushuru Budgam.
May 31- Murder of school teacher Rajni Bala in Gopalpora Kulgam.
June 2 – Rajasthan resident Vijay Kumar killed inside a bank in Areh Mohanpora Kulgam.
June 2 – Dilkhush, a laborer from Bihar killed in Magraypora Budgam.
June 17- Sub Inspector Farooq Ahmed Mir killed in a militant attack near his house in Samboora Pampore.
August 4 – Bihar’s laborer Mumtaz Ahmed died in a grenade attack in Gadoora Pulwama, South Kashmir.
August 12- Mohammed Amrez, a non local labourer killed in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district.