The Police Investigation In The Murder Of Rakesh Pandita
The police investigation in the murder of Rakesh Pandita: Militancy In Kashmir. The bodyguards were not aware of Rakesh Pandita reaching Tral, said on the phone that he would stay in Jammu.
The police investigation has come to light in the murder of BJP leader Rakesh Pandita by terrorists last week in Tral of Pulwama district in South Kashmir.
Rakesh Pandita’s bodyguards did not know that he was staying with a friend in Tral.
The bodyguards only knew that he was in Jammu because Rakesh Pandita himself had told them over the phone that he would stay in Jammu for a few more days.
Rakesh Pandita, chairman of Tral Municipal Committee and secretary of BJP’s Pulwama unit, was killed by terrorists after entering his friend’s house on the night of June 2.
A young woman was also injured in the terrorist attack. BJP state general secretary Ashok Kaul had blamed the negligence of the police for the killing of the BJP leader.
At the same time, a senior police officer involved in the murder investigation told on Thursday that about 20 people are being questioned in this case, but no one has been formally arrested.
He said that the girl injured in the attack will also be questioned as she is an eyewitness to the entire incident. At present, she is under treatment in the hospital. Hopefully, she will recover completely in the next few days.
The residential facility was provided in Srinagar:
The police officer said that BJP leader Rakesh Pandita was given security cover by Jammu and Kashmir Police.
He was provided with bodyguards. When the terrorists attacked Rakesh Pandita, his bodyguards were in Srinagar.
When these bodyguards were also interrogated thoroughly, it was learned that Rakesh Pandita had come to meet his family in Jammu in the last days of May.
He had left his bodyguards in Srinagar itself. Rakesh Pandita was provided with a secure residential facility in Srinagar.
After all, for what reason went alone in Tral:
When Rakesh Pandita was asked by the bodyguards when he was coming to Srinagar, he had said that he would stay in Jammu now.
These bodyguards got this information after the terrorist attack that Rakesh Pandita was in Tral.
After all, why did the BJP leader go alone in Tral, why he did not inform his bodyguards about this, keeping all these points in mind, the matter is being investigated.
The scope of the investigation has been widened keeping in view each and every aspect. Phone calls of the late leader are also being probed.
