Fear grips Rajouri after couple’s murder
Shariq Majeed/Tribune News Service

Rajouri, June 28
Fear has gripped the Kandi-Buddhal and Kakakote areas in this border district after suspected militants gunned down a couple on Friday night in Danna Kandi here.

Locals here were living without any fear in the past three years as security forces had eliminated top commanders of various militant outfits like Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Hizbul Mujahideen-Pir Panjal Range, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Hizbul Mujahideen.

However, after the killing of the couple by the militants, the locals are apprehending more such strikes. The militants killed the couple - Muhammad Lateef and Nasreen - despite the presence of an Army picket nearby at Nandan, which is just meters away from the house of the deceased.

The killing is believed to be revenge as the militants suspected that Muhammad Lateef had helped the security forces in eliminating their accomplice Muhammad Yaseen of the Hizbul Mujahideen-Pir Panjal RangeAccused named by suicide victim still at large