New Delhi: After a purported threat letter was issued by terror outfit United Liberation Council (ULC), which is said to be the front of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the Jammu and Kashmir government has increased security near settlements of Kashmiri Pandits and have asked Pandit employees to work from home for some time, reported New Indian Express.

Expressing their concern on Monday (August 10), Kashmiri Pandit groups called for increased protection in wake of the threats.

The purported threat letter issued by the ULC mentions six Pandit employees working in a government department. The group has shared the names of the six individuals, their phone numbers and claimed that they had full details, including names of their family members and locations.

Ranjan Jotshi, vice-president of the All Migrant Displaced Employees Association Kashmir, said that the government should provide adequate security to those named in the list and ensure the safety and security of every Pandit employee posted in the Valley as well as their families.

“We have been told to work from home till August 25,” New Indian Express quoted a PM Package Kashmiri Pandit employee as saying.

Another group, the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), said the recent terror attacks in south Kashmir, followed by fresh threat posters naming Kashmiri Pandit employees have once again exposed the chilling sense of vulnerability among KPs in Kashmir.

“Was it a security lapse, a confidentiality breach or a deliberate leak? Fix the loopholes. Protect the vulnerable—before history repeats itself,” said the KPSS.

Kashmiri Pandit group Panun Kashmir convenor Agnishekhar urged J&K lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha to direct police and security agencies to undertake a comprehensive threat assessment of all persons named in the threat letter along with their immediate families.

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