Srinagar Oct 10: Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday refuted media reports about having granted a 10-day leave to employees from the minority communities in Kashmir in the wake of recent civilian killings.
Urgent Clarification:
The govt has NOT issued any order for special leave. The news items appearing on web portals/newspapers and social media platforms are factually incorrect and misleading.@OfficeOfLGJandK @nitishwarKumar @ByYatishYadav @kansalrohit69 @ANI @PBNS_India— DIPR-J&K (@diprjk) October 10, 2021
“Urgent Clarification: The govt has NOT issued any order for special leave. The news items appearing on web portals/newspapers and social media platforms are factually incorrect and misleading, ” a J&K government spokesman said.
Two teachers from the minority communities of the same school including a woman principal were shot dead inside the school premises in Srinagar’s Eidgah area on Thursday. The killings came less than two days after three civilians including a prominent Kashmiri Pandit chemist and a non-local vendor were killed in Srinagar and Bandipora districts.