Srinagar (J&K): In what may be called a barbarous and heinous act, a Senior Police officer of Jammu and Kashmir Police Mohammed Ayub Pandit was lynched to death by mob outside Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. Ayub was killed by the mob while he was performing his duties.
Mohammaed Ayub Pandith, Police DSP in Srinagar (Pic:Twitter)
According to incoming reports, the mob stripped him naked before stoning him to death. Pandit’s security guards ran away after they found the mob too large to be handled. The incident took place even as the mob went on a rampage targeting empty security pickets erected in the area. His body was recovered on Friday morning outside the Jamia Masjid, the largest city mosque.
Pandit belonged to Nowpora area and had been at the mosque post for quite some time. The authorities had announced restrictions on movement of people in seven police station areas of the city as a precautionary measure due to Shab-e-Qadr. The officer was on frisking duty at the Jamia Masjid. He was carrying out his duties as usual when the miscreants attacked him, police sources say. When he came out after checking access control in the area, he was surrounded by some miscreants who started manhandling him and asking for his identification. Initial investigation revealed that there was an altercation and the officer fired to get away from the mob. He was, however, overpowered and killed near Bata Chowk in Nowhatta area.
Reports suggest that Pandith was last seen moving around by people near Jamia Masjid in Nowhatta area at 0030 hours on Friday.