Deft handling prevented unrest in Kashmir post Sabzar’s killing

Unlike Burhan Wani’s killing, death of his close aide Sabzar Ahmad Bhat, also a resident of the volatile Tral area, did not plunge Kashmir into an unending unrest. The situation, which developed immediately after the killing of Burhan’s close aide, had all the elements that could have triggered unrest, but it was the deft handling this time that seems to have prevented the situation from going bad. As the news about the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar along with his accomplice spread on Saturday afternoon, shopkeepers downed their shutters,…

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