Srinagar: In less than 24 hours, tragedy struck PDP leader Mohammed Ramzan Sheikh's family twice at a his village in south Kashmir.
He fell to Hizbul Mujahideen militants' bullets on Monday night and his house was torched by miscreants on Tuesday to punish his family members for killing one of the two militants, who had barged into his home. Sheikh, a former sarpanch and a PDP worker, was gunned down by militants at his residence in Humhuna in Shopian district.
A mob, mainly instigated by over ground workers of Hizbul Mujahideen, today attacked Sheikh's house while his family was grieving his death, the police said.
"It's simply inhumane. The tears of his kin had not even dried when they had to run for cover for their own lives. The family had not even condoled the death of their loved one properly before such a senseless act instigated by terrorists was perpetrated on them in less than 24 hours," Director General of state police S P Vaid said.
"Tears of two small daughters and two sons may not have dried off their cheeks and they had to witness inhumanity once again. Its a shameless act," he said. Sheikh's family members had a scuffle with the assailants in which one of the militants identified as Showkat Ahmed was also killed.