Jammu, June 7: National Conference Provincial President Devender Singh Rana today called for declaring assassinated BJP leader Rakesh Pandita as a Martyr for his sacrifice in line of public service in Tral area of the Valley, saying selective killings in Kashmir are unacceptable in democratic polity and civilised society.
“The barbaric and selective killings in the recent past have created panic and fear psychosis, which are against the civilised behaviour and highly deplorable”, Rana said in a statement after visiting the Durga Nagar residence of late Rakesh Pandita.
“Rana consoled the family and sought adequate economic and financial support to the shattered family, comprising of an old mother, young wife, teenaged son and differently abled brother”.