J&K administration to constitute SIT to probe killing of Rahul Bhat

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J&K L-G Manoj Sinha also announced that it would provide a government job to Bhat’s wife in Jammu along with financial assistance to the family. The administration will bear the educational expenses of the deceased government employee’s daughter.

Photograph of slain Kashmiri pandit and government employee Rahul Bhat is seen during a protest against his killing on the outskirts of Srinagar.(AFP)

Published on May 13, 2022 07:43 PM IST

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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday announced the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the killing of Kashmiri Pandit employee Rahul Bhat in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, the office of J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha tweeted.

The J&K L-G also announced that it would provide a government job to Bhat’s wife in Jammu along with financial assistance to the family. The administration will bear the educational expenses of the deceased government employee’s daughter.

Bhat was shot dead inside his tehsil office in Chadoora town of Budgam district on Thursday by terrorists belonging to Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Muhammad.