"Are We Going Back To '90s?" Farooq Abdullah On Kashmir Targeted Killings

As many as five civilians have been killed in three days, including Makhan Lal Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit and prominent chemist, and Mohammad Shafi, the president of a taxi stand

Innocent people are dying and the government should re-assess its policies rather than insist everything is "hunky dory", former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah told NDTV Thursday, hours after the principal and teacher at a government school were shot dead in Srinagar.

The killings are the latest in a series of targeted murders in the Kashmir valley, and a furious Mr Abdullah asked "are we going back to the 1990s (when terrorist activities in Kashmir were at a peak)"?

"Teachers are being killed, local residents are being killed... Such things have not happened since the 1990s. There is no doubt it (terrorism) is escalating... this is worrisome for us all. The centre must see why this is happening... is there any policy leading to this?" Mr Abdullah told NDTV.

"When they say (Article) 370 is removed and everything is hunky-dory... Is this hunky-dory? I want to ask Home Minister (Amit Shah). I have friends in the minority communities and they are scared... political leaders are scared they will be the next target. For god's sake, India must wake up," he said.