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5 labourers shot dead in J&K Jammu, March 30 Four seriously injured in the attack were flown here and operated upon in the military hospital. Two of the killed, Joginder Pal and Chaman Lal, were brothers and the former had three children. Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who visited the wounded in the hospital, told mediapersons that he would not allow demilitarisation in the state until peace was totally restored. In an indirect attack on PDP leader Mufti Sayeed, he said the selective killing of people belonging to the minority community was a lesson for those seeking demilitarisation. “I” will not allow demilitarisation to happen until terrorism was ended completely in the state, he declared. He said the terrorists were still present in the state and could become active anytime and at any place. Azad said the political parties should not try to politicise the sensitive issue of security of the country. He said a group of terrorists barged into a house in Thiriat village last night and segregated labourers belonging to the minority community from others. Thereafter they indiscriminately fired at the labourers belonging to the minority community killing five of them on the spot and injuring four others.Meanwhile, injured Balkishen said the terrorists donning worn-out military fatigue knocked at the door of the house while they were cooking their food. They barged in and asked them to line up separately according to their religion and fired with their AK rifles at them. He said the labourers sought mercy but the ultras did not relent. Thereafter, the terrorists cooked a chicken and after taking their meal stayed in the house for the night. They left the place early in the morning. Mohammad Tasveer informed the Army about the incident in the morning. Reports said a police picket near the village was already established at Panglar, but no one came to the rescue of the labourers till the morning. Those killed have been identified as Sanjay Kumar (18), Chaman (32), Joginder Pal (20), Baldev Kumar (35) and Rashpal Singh (26). Those injured are Balkishen, Subhash Chander, Babu Ram and Raj Kumar. Rashpal's marriage was fixed in the first week of the next month. Meanwhile, the incident triggered protests in Rajouri and here with various organisations demanding the dismissal of the Azad-led coalition government. The Bajrang Dal activists led by Susheel Sudan blocked the road between Kalakote and Rajouri demanding immediate action in the matter. Sudan alleged that the local police was ineffective and did not go to the spot even when they heard gun shots at midnight. He said that Pakistan was backing terrorist activities in the area to engineer exodus of people from the minority community from the border belt. The BJP, the Shiv Sena and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad organised processions in the city and burnt effigies of Azad and the Mufti. President of state BJP Ashok Khajuria demanded the dismissal of the coalition government as it had "failed" to provide safety to the minorities. He claimed that rifles of the killed persons were taken away by terrorists a few days ago, but the police did not take any action when the matter was reported to it.
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