Srinagar, Aug 11: Minority employees working in Kashmir have been directed to work from home following two back to back terror attacks in south Kashmir and online terror threat named Kashmir Pandits.
The security agencies have come across online threats with the names of Kashmiri Pandits, who are working in the Valley as government employees, The New Indian Express reported.
The report stated that the directives follow two terror attacks that broke the calm in Kashmir last month.
On June 22, 2026 terrorists fired upon a policeman Ashiq Hussain Qureshi in Anantnag town when he was performing Amarnath Yatra duty. In another incident, two migrant labourers from Chhattisgarh were shot and killed by unidentified terrorists at a brick kiln in the Kelam area of Kulgam district on July 31, 2026.
One worker died initially, and the second injured worker succumbed to his injuries the following morning during treatment at Srinagar hospital. The threats are believed to have been issued by the shadow outfit United Liberation Council of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The threat posters circulated online carried a list of KP employees along with their phone numbers.
The group shared the names of the six employees, along with their phone numbers, and claimed that they had full details, including names of their family members and locations. Sources said after the threat, security forces have increased security in the areas where the Pandits reside.
In view of the security concerns, the administration has asked Pandit employees posted in the Valley to work from home for some time.
“We have been told to work from home till August 25,” said a PM Package Kashmiri Pandit employee. An influential Pandit group—Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS) said the recent terror attacks in south Kashmir, followed by fresh threat posters naming Kashmiri Pandit employees have once again exposed the chilling sense of vulnerability among KPs in Kashmir. The KPSS questioned how the personal details of six employees including their phone numbers, became public. “Was it a security lapse, a confidentiality breach or a deliberate leak?” the group asked.
“Fix the loopholes. Protect the vulnerable—before history repeats itself,” the KPSS posted on X.
Another KP group Panun Kashmir convenor Dr Agnishekhar said publication of names and personal contact details accompanied by explicit threats to individuals and their families is a matter of grave concern.
