Srinagar, May 06 (KNS): Leader of the opposition National Conference and former chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said ‘the killing of Kashmir University Professor is an answer to those who claim jobs & development are the solution to the violence & alienation in Kashmir’.
Muhammad Rafi Bhat, who taught at the sociology department of the varsity, was Sunday morning killed in a gunfight along four other militants of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. He was reported missing on Friday.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
“Sadly this is also an answer to those who claim jobs & development are the solution to the violence & alienation in Kashmir. This is another tragic development in a steady stream of tragedies in Kashmir,” Omar wrote on micro blogging social networking website ‘Twitter’.
During the gunfight, parents of Bhat were also called to persuade their son to surrender, but he had turned down the offer. (KNS)