Excelsior Correspondent JAMMU June 15: Panun Kashmir (PK) organised the Gool 1997 martyrs Shradanjali Divas programme through virtual mode here today. Virender Raina president PK presided over the function and Kamal Bagati its general secretary moderated the proceedings. The function started with floral tributes to martyrs Sushil Kumar Bhat Ravinder Kabu and Ashok Raina who were selectively killed by the Jehadi terrorists while they were going to Gool to join their duties as lecturers in 1997. The two other martyrs who were brutally killed near Sarthal-Kishtwar and Doda included Kanya Lal Duda and Shiban Lal Garib. On the occasion rich tributes were also paid to Rakesh Pandita who was martyred in Tral Kashmir by Pak sponsored terrorists recently. Virender Raina termed the killings of Gool and the martyrdom of Rakesh Pandita as murder of knowledge and democracy to drag Kashmir back to dark ages. The acts of these enemies who commit such crimes against humanity show that the perpetrators of terrorism neither like education nor democracy nor peace in the society. Raina said that the genocide against Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus continues in Jammu and Kashmir. The recent statement of Congress leader Digvijay Singh to have a relook at Article 370 if Congress comes to power is disgraceful and tends to strengthen the view point of Pak PM Imran Khan who has echoed similar views in an interview recently. Making scathing attack on the administration Kamal Bagati termed the killings as a complete intelligence failure and a security lapse and urged upon the Government to provide foolproof security to the minority political activists on an individual basis and to the PM package employees on collective basis as they are always soft targets. Upinder Kaul general secretary said that those who are involved in the ethnic cleansing and genocide of indigenous people of Kashmir are moving scot free. P K reiterates its demand to establish a Special Crimes Tribunal to investigate the ethnic cleansing and genocide of KPs. The programme was also attended by Sameer Bhat convenor PK Youth Ashok Chrungoo P.K.Bhan Kewal Krishen and Sameer Mattoo. The Vote of thanks was presented by Vimla Chrungoo secretary DOPK.

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