The killing of a government teacher in Kashmir has left rest of her colleagues serving in different parts of Kashmir Valley shocked. Their service in the last one decade had remained peaceful with no harassment or threats.
The peaceful atmosphere had encouraged the Schedule Caste, Schedule Tribe, ALC and other candidates to serve in parts of Kashmir’s education and other government departments.
However, as the news about the killing of Rajni Bala in Kulgam spread, the people – who belong to the Jammu region – serving in government departments in Kashmir became tense.
Assigned to a public school in Kashmir. A teacher from Samba public school told Greater Kashmir by telephone that he had no problem with the locals. “Local Kashmir Muslims are helping us. We never faced any kind of threat. There is no doubt that with the murder of Rajni Bala, there is fear among all of us. But people support us,” he said.
He however said that the government should come up with a transfer policy for teachers who belong to Jammu region and allow their transfer after serving at least 8-10 years of service in the city.
“There must be a policy for our transfer out of Kashmir to Jammu region after a specific period,” he added.
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The killing of the teachers, which drew widespread condemnation. Took the number of civilians killed in the last five days in Kashmir valley to seven, including four from the minorities.
“At about 11.15 am, militants shot dead two school teachers at Sangam Eidgah in Srinagar district,” a police official said. He said one of the two slain persons is a woman.
The deceased have been identified as Supinder Kour. A resident of Alochi Bagh area of the city here, and Deepak Chand, a resident of Jammu. They were working as teachers at Government Boys School, Sangam.
The latest killing has taken the number of civilians shot dead in the valley to seven. Including six in the city, over the past five days.