Srinagar, March 29: The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday visited the spot in Achan village in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district where a Kashmiri Pandit was killed in February 26 and conducted searches at multiple locations.
A team of SIA, assisted by Police and CRPF, recreated the scene where 40-year-old Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma was killed by terrorists on February 26.
The sleuths searched the structure from where it is believed the terrorists targeted Sharma, who worked as an ATM bank guard in the villages.
A senior police officer told Rising Kashmir that all angles of the case are being investigated and it is being probe how terrorists targeted Sharma.
“There are multiple theories and we are investigating it. There can be some sympathisers who could have aided the terrorists to the site,” he said adding that all things are being investigated.
The police officer said they conduct raids at multiple places in the village and people are also cooperative in the investigation.
Sharma was shot dead by terrorists barely 100 metres away from his home in Achan in Pulwama when he was on his way to a local market for a stroll.
Two days later, two terrorists believed to be involved in Sharma’s murder were killed in an encounter with security forces. An Army jawan with 55 Rashtriya Rifles was also killed.
Police identified one of the terrorists as AqibMustaq Bhat, who was killed in the mosque premises.
The other, identified as Ajaz Ahmed Bhat, a resident of Trall near Pulwama had initially taken refuge in a house close to the mosque and was shot dead after security forces tracked and trapped him using technical surveillance.
