Kashmiri diaspora in US expresses concern for activist Sushil Pandit
(Sourced from PTI)
Members of the Kashmiri diaspora in the US urged the Indian Government to take stern action against those responsible behind the plot to assassinate Kashmiri human rights activist Sushil Pandit. Pandit is the Chief Executive Officer of Hive Communications India Private Limited. On Saturday, two men, who were allegedly hired to kill Pandit, were arrested in Delhi by the Delhi Police.
The Indo-American Kashmir Forum, which seeks the safe return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley, said in a statement on Sunday that the failed attempt on Pandit highlighted the risks to the community's secure life and liberty. "The plot to assassinate Pandit has once again revolted the minority Kashmiri Hindu community that has been in exile for the last 30 years," it said.
"This targeted assassination plot is a grim reminder of the havoc brought upon the entire aboriginal Kashmiri Hindu community, who have been driven from their homeland in the Kashmir Valley through repeated pogroms over the past few centuries, most recently beginning in 1990," IAKF said.
IAKF thanked the Delhi Police for foiling this assassination attempt and demanded a thorough and swift investigation of this assassination plot. It expects Delhi Police and Judiciary to expeditiously bring the masterminds of this plot to justice. IAKF also demanded that the Ministry of Home Affairs take this matter with utmost seriousness and immediately provide official security to Pandit, if not already undertaken.
Established in 1991, IAKF informs the world of the oppression against Kashmiri Pandits that led to their forced exile from Kashmir due to the influx of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism. Currently, its board members are Vijay Sazawal, Rajiv Pandit, Lalit Koul, Raj Koul, and Rahul Pandit.
