On one hand, the country is fully engaged in preparations for the celebration of its 80th Independence Day, on the other hand, a very sensitive and serious news is coming out from Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri Pandits working in the valley are once again facing a big threat of targeted killings. The biggest challenge facing the security agencies and local administration at this time is to ensure the safety of minorities. Let us know why the government had to issue such strict instructions. Government's precautionary step after threat from terrorist organization: According to reports, Kashmiri Pandits have received an open threat from 'United Liberation Council', an alleged front organization of terrorist organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. This alleged threatening message, issued on August 7, 2026, has openly revealed the names of members of the Kashmiri Pandit community and their personal telephone numbers. In view of this serious threat, as a precautionary measure, the administration has instructed hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit government employees not to come to office till August 25 and work from home or go on leave directly. Along with this, he has also been exempted from the duty of state programs on Independence Day with immediate effect. Although the authenticity of this threatening letter has not yet been independently confirmed, the administration is in no mood to take any risk from security point of view. Leaked personal information and major action by security forces According to Panun Kashmir organization, this time in the threats, names of specific employees, their workplace, phone numbers and even the exact information of their families have been leaked online. After this revelation, an atmosphere of panic has been created in the valley and many employees have already left for safe haven i.e. Jammu to save their lives. To deal with this situation, security forces have launched a war-footing operation. More than 3,000 suspects have been detained so far as part of a massive security operation being carried out in the valley since July 22. Police say that all these are 'over ground workers' i.e. OGW who were secretly helping the terrorists. Apart from this, Amarnath Yatra has also been prematurely ended on 9th August due to security and other reasons. Scary wounds and the latest situation of the year 2022 Let us tell you that in the year 2010, under the 'Prime Minister's Special Employment Package', about 6,000 Kashmiri Pandits were given government jobs in the valley so that they could be rehabilitated. However, in the year 2022 also, terrorists had targeted these employees, in which 5 people lost their lives. In protest against this, Kashmiri Pandits had staged a long protest for about 7 months. Recently, the murder of a policeman in Anantnag on July 22 and attacks on migrant laborers in Kulgam have further deepened this fear. At present, Jammu and Kashmir Police and all the security agencies are investigating this entire matter in depth and patrolling in Pandit settlements and residential areas of minorities has been tightened very much.
