J&K CM asks police to take poster threatening Kashmir Pandit employees seriously

SRINAGAR: A new poster issued by the little-known United Liberation Council (ULC) threatening Kashmiri Pandits led community members working in the Kashmir Valley under the PM Package for Kashmiri Migrants and Non-Migrant Kashmiri Pandits to write to J&K chief secretary Atal Dulloo seeking enhanced security. Chief minister Omar Abdullah described the threats as “highly concerning.”The poster contains the personal details of some Kashmiri Pandit employees, including addresses.Omar, talking to reporters here, urged police and law-and-order agencies not to take the threats lightly. He said the agencies have a responsibility to provide security to Kashmiri Pandit employees and urged them to proactively investigate the source of the threats.“In a similar situation around two and a half years ago, some Pandit employees were targeted,” Omar said. He said security and law-and-order arrangements in J&K are under the control of the lieutenant-governor.The police have issued any statement on the fresh threat.