Terrorists must have acquired information from workplace before killing my husband: Slain Bhat’s wife
Posted on May 14, 2022 | Author Irfan Yattoo
Srinagar, May 13: The wife of slain Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri pandit who was shot dead inside his office in Budgam, Friday said that terrorists must have acquired information from his workplace before his killing.
Talking to the media, "Rahul used to say everyone behaves nicely with him and nobody can harm him. Yet nobody protected him. They (terrorists) must have asked someone about him and his identity, otherwise, how would they've known," she said.
The father of the deceased demanded an inquiry into the matter as he suspected the targeted killing of his son Rahul.
"First, they asked who Rahul Bhat was and then they shot him. We want an inquiry. There was a police station 100 ft away. There must have been security at the office but nobody was there. They should check CCTV footage," he said.
Notably, Bhat, who was a government employee at Chadoora Tehsil Office, was shot on Thursday following which he was declared dead at Srinagar's SMHS hospital.
Protests erupted soon after Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat was killed in a targeted killing by terrorists in Budgam in Jammu and Kashmir.
The last rites of slain Bhat were performed at Bantalab in Jammu. ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh, Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar, and Deputy Commissioner Avny Lavasa were present at the cremation ground for the last rites.