Srinagar, August 25, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
The Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) on Tuesday expressed concern over the latest alleged threat issued by a terrorist outfit to Kashmiri Pandit employees recruited under the Prime Minister’s Package and working in the Valley, calling for a credible investigation into the source and nature of the threat.
In a statement, KPSS president Sanjay Kumar Tickoo said the repeated targeting of members of the minority community raised serious questions about their security and ability to return and live in Kashmir without fear.
“Brotherhood begins where fear ends,” Tickoo said, arguing that appeals for communal harmony could not substitute for addressing the underlying security concerns of the community.
He said Kashmiri Pandits had repeatedly been asked to have faith in Kashmir’s future and return to their ancestral homeland, but that their concerns over security and property continued to persist. According to him, the community should not be expected to demonstrate its commitment to Kashmir while remaining exposed to repeated threats.
The KPSS also cautioned against collectively blaming the majority community for militant violence, while calling for greater scrutiny of the environment in which threats can emerge and personal information about vulnerable individuals can be circulated.
The organisation said the latest threat should not be dismissed merely because it appeared in the form of a poster. It sought answers to several security-related questions, including who prepared and circulated the material, how the personal details of the targeted individuals were obtained, whether the threat represented a genuine operational risk and whether any local network or facilitation was involved.
“These are not political questions. They are security questions,” the statement said.
KPSS stressed that protecting the community required more than assurances, calling for threats to be investigated, security to be guaranteed, personal information to be protected and ancestral property rights to be safeguarded.
It said the right of Kashmiri Pandits to return to and live in their ancestral homeland should be treated as an issue of security and justice rather than one dependent on individual courage or chance.
The organisation also said that the Kashmiri Pandit community had already suffered immense losses because of violence and displacement and should not have to pay another price for seeking to return to its homeland.
Meanwhile, security forces have not yet verified the veracity of the alleged threat or established the authenticity of the terrorist outfit purportedly behind it.
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