Days after Deputy Commissioner (Relief), Jammu, asked Kashmiri Pandits intending to visit temples in the Valley on Kheer Bhawani festival next month to register themselves, J&K government on Monday removed him. While Kashmiri Pandits visit Tulmulla temple in Ganderbal every year for the festival, Deputy Commissioner (Relief) K S Sidha had added three more destinations — Tikker in Kupwara, Manzgam in Kulgam, and Mattan in Anantnag — in the application of registration.

Days after Deputy Commissioner (Relief), Jammu, asked Kashmiri Pandits intending to visit temples in the Valley on Kheer Bhawani festival next month to register themselves, J&K government on Monday removed him. While Kashmiri Pandits visit Tulmulla temple in Ganderbal every year for the festival, Deputy Commissioner (Relief) K S Sidha had added three more destinations — Tikker in Kupwara, Manzgam in Kulgam, and Mattan in Anantnag — in the application of registration.