Srinagar: A Special Investigating Team (SIT) have been constituted by the Jammu and Kashmir government to probe the killing of Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat which will be headed by Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Central Kashmir range, Sujit Kumar Singh, an official said.
He said that the SIT has been constituted, headed by DIG Central Kashmir while senior police officers will be its members.
“The SIT will probe all the angles related to the killing of Rahul Bhat who will submit its report to the Inspector General of Police (IGP) within a stipulated time period,” the official said.
Sources privy to the SIT said that senior police officials including SSP Budgam will also be part of the Investigating team.
“The team will probe whether there was any security lapse and how armed men managed their free entry into Tehsil office Chadoora,” sources added.
The killing of Rahul Pandit has triggered massive protests across Kashmir with Kashmiri pandits across Jammu and Kashmir demanding justice, punishment to the killers and safe accommodation.
Rahul’s killing has evoked wide-spread condemnations by civil society and Kashmir Unionists.
Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri migrant was shot dead by unidentified militants inside a government office on Thursday in central Kashmir’s Budgam district.
(KNO)
