Terrorists gun down salesman Mohammad Ibrahim Khan in Srinagar mistaking him for his Kashmiri Pandit employer on Monday.
On the day that Ibrahim Khan was killed, shopowner Dr. Sandeep Mawa said that he had taken a different car and his car was driven by Ibrahim Khan, who was killed by terrorists mistaking him for Mawa.
Ibrahim Khan was killed in the old city area of Srinagar and he had worked as a salesman at a grocery shop run by a Kashmiri Pandit in Bohri Kadal. Khan was shot in the chest and abdomen and succumbed to the injuries during treatment.
However, the victim’s family has claimed that their son was killed by ‘mistake’, as the terrorists actually wanted to kill the Kashmiri Pandit shopowner. Journalist Aditya Raj Kaul posted a video on Twitter where the family members are heard saying that since the businessman was away, terrorists thought Ibrahim Khan is the owner of the shop and killed him instead.
Earlier, the shop owner Dr Sandeep Mawa was informed of the plot to kill him as he was alerted by the police. In an exclusive interaction with News18, Dr Mawa revealed, “I have an XUV (vehicle). I got a call around 3 in the afternoon from the police that I could be targeted. So, I left home in my small car.”
In the case of mistaken identity, Mawa said, “Ibrahim (Khan) went to take my XUV from the store around 8 pm. The terrorist was lurking there in the dark. He thought it was me and pumped four bullets in him (Khan).” A guilt-ridden Mawa said, “I don’t know how to face his family. It feels as if I am responsible for his death.”
However, Mawa said that he will not leave Kashmir due to fear of terrorists. “I will not leave (Kashmir) and be silenced by the gun,” asserted Mawa whose father was shot at by the terrorists in the 1990s.
“My father is in Delhi. I am in Srinagar with my wife and two children. They are very scared after the latest incident but I am trying to convince them,” Mawa said further.
Mawa’s family had resettled in Jammu and Delhi after his father was shot by terrorists, however, he decided to return to Kashmir in 2019 with his family.
Former terrorist group Muslim Janbaz Force has taken the responsibility for killing Khan. In an unsigned letter, the Islamic terrorists confessed that the father-son (Sandeep Mawa and his father Roshan Lal Mawa) were the real targets as they are working for the ‘Indian agencies.’
“They were involved in bringing non-locals to Kashmir,” the letter read.
This was the third killing by terrorists in the valley post the festival of Diwali. A day before Khan was gunned down, the terrorists had killed the 29-year-old police constable Tawseef Ahmad Wani in the Batamaloo area.
Srinagar has been on high alert since the month of October after as many as 10 Hindu civilians were murdered by Islamic terrorists. The Centre has deployed additional 5,000 paramilitary personnel in the valley.
The Councillors of Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Tuesday had carried out a candlelight protest against the recent killings of civilians in the valley.
A protest was held at Lal Chowk in Srinagar with locals grieving his death all expressing that he was a kind, great man who did good deeds for suffering people, and did not deserve to die this way, cruelly shot dead in a terrorist attack on Monday and here is just one of the comments of the people.
#KashmirBleeds is trending on Twitter for him.
#KashmirBleeds
Kashmir lost a Hero. Ibrahim Khan done many things for his people. He always ready to help Kashmiri pandits. And in return he got shot. pic.twitter.com/fgf3PXKQzq— M. (@lowkeymannu) November 10, 2021
J&K: A candle light protest was held at Lal Chowk in Srinagar today against the recent killings of civilians by terrorists in Kashmir. The protest was organized by Councillors of Srinagar Municipal Corporation. pic.twitter.com/Cvj9aCjQz5
— ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2021
Amid attacks on civilians, more CRPF troops are to be dispatched to reach Kashmir
Five CRPF companies, approximately 500 personnel will be hastened to Kashmir for deployment mainly in Srinagar city in addition to 25 companies of the CRPF troops sent last month. Despite being the most militarized zone in the world, attacks in Kashmir are intensifying and this is the first time, even non-residential migrant workers are being killed in Kashmir.
