The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Srinagar is guarded by four heavily-armed security personnel who open the big, metal gates of the building just enough to peep at visitors at the gate.
For the last two days, owing to the uproar caused by the murder and rape of an eight-year-old Bakerwal girl and the Kulgam encounter, the capital city of Srinagar is on high alert. Chilling details of how a young, tribal girl was gangraped and strangled with her own chunni were revealed in a chargesheet that accused seven men including police officials in the Kathua case — a shocked nation thronged the streets of the country demanding immediate action. Meanwhile, politicians in J&K engaged in a blame game that snowballed out of control. Today, BJP Media Incharge (Kashmir) Altaf Thakur, sits in a quiet room in his office cautiously answering questions pertaining to events that have unfolded over the last two days.
