SRINAGAR, Nov. 8: On Friday, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah denounced the terrorists’ murder of two village defense guards in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district.
“I am deeply saddened and concerned about the attack that killed members of the local village defense committee, Kuldeep Kumar and Nazeer Ahmed Padder of Kuntwara in Kishtwar,” Abdullah wrote on X.
Two innocent men who had taken their livestock to graze were killed by the terrorists, he claimed.
“I firmly condemn this attack and offer my sympathies to the families involved.” At the same time, I anticipate that the security forces will act swiftly to seal off any holes in our counter-terror grid and guarantee that such attacks never happen again,” he stated.
Mehbooba Mufti, the president of the PDP, also denounced the murders.
The PDP wrote on its official X handle, “Party President Ms. Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) has condemned the brutal killings of Nazir Ahmad and Kuldeep Kumar, village defense guards in Kishtwar.”
Sajad Lone, the leader of the People’s Conference, also conveyed his sorrow over the deaths.
We are deeply saddened by the senseless shooting deaths of two Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in Kishtwar. I send my deepest sympathies to their loved ones and families. He continued, “May they rest in peace.”
