A spate of targeted killings of mainly non-Muslim minorities in the Kashmir Valley has sent alarm bells ringing for hundreds of fear-stricken Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus who are fleeing to safer places.
Officials say the security situation has deteriorated in Kashmir, where six civilians including a government clerk, a government teacher, a private wine shop employee, a TV artist and a migrant worker have been killed in targeted attacks over the past three weeks.