The attack on the family of an ex-serviceman, Manzoor Ahmad Wagay in the Behibagh area of Kulgam district, in which he lost his life and his wife and niece sustained bullet injuries, has been condemned by one and all. While as Kashmir is inching towards normality and people have started heaving a sigh of relief as the life is coming back on rails and economic activities are picking up, such killings are a grave reminder that the elements inimical to peace and prosperity are very much there to create trouble. Wagay was retired from the service and was living a normal life like any other Kashmiri and still fell to the bullets of terrorists. In his death, one more family from Jammu and Kashmir has lost a dear one and a bread earner. This is inhuman. This is the worst kind of terrorism and thus people need to raise their voice against such crimes and criminals. Such attacks are indicative of only one reality – those behind these attacks can never be friends of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. They are the enemies and therefore should be named and shamed. Police need to gear up and identify the killers, arrest them so that they face the justice system and pay for their wrong doing. Though the one who lost his life will not come back neither the grief of his family could be lessened, but by getting the killers to face the law of the land would help the victim family to get the much desired justice and closure. Those who are behind such killings are trying to drag Kashmir back to the dirty violence. Indulging in such killings is madness and nobody can approve such crimes. Those who have killed Wagay have neither helped the society nor their own selves. They have not taken the life of this civilian but devastated his family and earned for themselves the hellfire hereafter.
Violence has no religion, it has no ethics or principles. It can only kill and destroy. Those who are indulging in violence or propagating violent ideologies need to understand that Allah has not created this world for death and destruction. He created a special specie – humans – with the intension that this specie will beautify his world with love and compassion. The murderers are brazenly and shamelessly trying to negate Allah’s plan. Fact of the matter is that they will never succeed in their designs. The society has to wake up and raise its voice against the violence. The gunmen involved in these murders are the ones who have brought all kinds of miseries to the people of Kashmir. They have disturbed the social fabric here and created an atmosphere of insecurity all over. Such mindless and senseless murderers have no place in any civilized society. While the administration and the security set-up should do everything possible to identify the killers and bring them to the book, the local populace should be vigilant and keep an eye on rogue elements, if any, roaming freely in the society. Need is to isolate such elements so that they can’t kill any more civilians.
