BK Ganjoo, also known as Bal Krishna Ganjoo, was an Indian telecommunications engineer and Kashmiri Hindu who suffered from Kashmiri Hindus during the mass exodus of Kashmiri Hindus from Jammu and Kashmir in 1990 Pandits were brutally treated and killed by militants.
Wiki/Biography
BK Ganjoo was in his 30s when he was shot dead in 1990. He holds a bachelor’s degree in telecommunications engineering from Regional Engineering College, Srinagar (now National Institute of Technology, Srinagar). He lives in Chota Bazar, Kanikadal, Srinagar. At the time of his death, he was a government employee in the Bama Transport Department and was stationed in Kashmir.
family
BK Ganjoo belongs to a Kashmiri Pandit family.
Parents and siblings
His father’s name is Dina Nath Ganjo. He has a brother whose name is unknown.
wife and children
He is married to Vijay Ganjoo and has a daughter.
caste/race
Kashmiri Pandit
die
He was shot dead by Mohd on March 19, 1990, at his home in Chota Bazar, Kanikadal, Srinagar. Salim Zagar. Ganjoo reportedly returned home during the relaxation of the curfew. His wife noticed that he was being followed by some terrorists. As soon as he entered the house, his wife asked him to hide in a barrel of rice in the attic. As expected, terrorists broke into their home and killed Ganjoo. According to reports, the militants initially could not find Ganjoo at his home, so they decided to leave the home; however, one of Ganjoo’s neighbors told them where he was hiding. The militants searched the house again for him and reached the attic, where they shot Ganju dead while he was still hiding in a rice bucket. There are two legends about this matter. BK Ganjoo’s wife Vijay Ganjoo asked militants to kill her too after her husband was brutally shot dead, according to a source: However, the militants told her they would let her go and let her cry beside her husband’s body . Another legend is that Ganzhu’s body was lying on rice, and the blood-stained rice was force-fed to his wife and children. In a similar story, the terrorist was said to have said as he was leaving his home:
Let the rice soak in your blood and let your children eat it. Ah, what a delicious meal that would be. “
Contrary to these two legends, media reports suggest that the actual event was far less atmospheric. When Ganjoo was shot in the attic, his wife heard the gunshots and fell to the floor, according to that news report. It is reported that the murderer left without a trace of remorse and paid no attention to Ganju’s paralyzed and grief-stricken wife.
Facts/Trivia
- There is a park named after BK Ganjoo in the center of Delhi called Bal Krishna Ganjoo Memorial Park.
BK Ganjoo Memorial Park, Delhi
- After the horrific events in Kashmir, Mrs. Ganjo moved to Delhi where she found a job in her husband’s department. It is reported that she retired in 2014.
- The wife of Ganjoo colleague Reeta Parimoo revealed in an interview that the rebels suspected that Ganjoo was leaking information to the central government, and even Ganjoo had a premonition that he was on their suspect list. She also revealed that the terrorists fired a total of six bullets at the roller where Ganzhu was hiding.
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Source: HIS Education