 "Srinagar: Another cop posted where Pandith was striped and stoned to death")
Troubles in the Kashmir Valley have taken a new and distressing turn — witness the shocking murder by a mob of a member of the Jammu and Kashmir police on duty in downtown Srinagar. Deputy Superintendent of Police Mohammed Ayub Pandith was beaten to death by a mob of 200 to 300 right outside Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid; no more explicit indication of anarchy and alienation exists than the open murder of a policeman.
It is important to stress that this murder differs from other killings of officials of the state in Kashmir. First, this was not an attack by militants
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