Srinagar, Apr 28 (KNO): Senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina on Monday condemned the killing of Ghulam Rasool Magray, a civilian shot dead by gunmen in North Kashmir’s Kandi Khass area in Kupwara District.
Raina, as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) visited the bereaved family today and expressed solidarity with the mother of the deceased man. “Those terrorists who killed an innocent breadwinner during the night hours will have to face the law and will also be answerable in the hereafter,” Raina told reporters.
Calling the act a “grave sin,” he said that humanity stands embarrassed by such brutal killings. He blamed “Pakistani terrorists” for the incident, asserting that the perpetrators would not escape justice.
The BJP leader urged the Union and Jammu and Kashmir governments to provide necessary assistance to the victim’s family, noting that although no support could bring back the deceased, efforts must be made to help his kin.
Asked about reports of harassment of Kashmiri students outside the Valley, Raina declined to comment. However, he stressed that for the past 35 years, the people of Kashmir have suffered due to the “enemies of peace.”
He added that every household in Kashmir has felt the pain of violence caused by guns and grenades and emphasized that such bloodshed must end immediately. “Whenever people in the Valley begin to rebuild their lives peacefully, Pakistan-sponsored terrorism tries to destroy that atmosphere. It must stop,” Raina said.
Pertinently, gunmen barged into the house of Ghulam Rasool Magray at Kandi Khass village last week and shot him dead—(KNO)