New Delhi: The 70-year-old jewelry store owner in Srinagar’s Saraibala, Satpal Nischal, was shot dead by a militant group on Thursday for allegedly obtaining a residence certificate under the recently enacted law allowing eligible non-residents to have access to property and government jobs. , which was previously reserved for locals, in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the 2020 Rules of the Jammu and Kashmir Residence Grant Certificate (Procedure), persons who have resided at J&K for 15 years or studied for seven years or appeared in examinations for class X or XII are eligible for the certificate of residence. Eligibility also extends to West Pakistani refugees registered as migrants under the former state’s Relief and Rehabilitation Commission.
Nischal had obtained the certificate a few weeks ago and was at his store when the attack occurred. By the time they took him to the nearby Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital, he was already dead.
According to a Indian express Nischal was reportedly a native of Gurdaspur in Punjab. He had requested the certificate of residence after the rules were changed in the Valley after the reading of Article 370 in August 2019.
“Since her daughter-in-law is originally from Jammu, she had recently bought a house in the Indira Nagar area, near the headquarters of the 15th Army Corps, and a shop in the Hari Singh High Street jewelry market in her name,” said a source. Indian express.
A new militant group called “The Resistance Front (TRF)”, which the authorities believe is linked to Lashkar-e-Tayyaba, has claimed responsibility for the attack.
In a statement, he confirmed that the attack moved to the question of residence. “The Resistance Front carried out an intelligence operation in Srinagar today in which an RSS agent, posing as a businessman, was neutralized,” the statement read.
“The individual was an active participant in the demographic change and settler colony project led by Hindutva fascists to alter the demographics of Kashmir … The Resistance Front had already warned that any Indian citizen, regardless of faith, caste or color Who comes to Kashmir with the intention of settling here will be treated as an agent of the RSS and not as a civilian, ”he added.
The investigation of the case is underway. “We are working on both aspects, namely the trade rivalry and the terrorist claim … We will share the details soon,” Kashmir Police Inspector General Vijay Kumar told the national daily.
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