Jammu, Aug. 1 -- Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday visited the family of 21-year-old Parvez Ahmed, a Gujjar youth allegedly killed on July 24 in Surey Chak, Jammu. Condemning the incident as a "cold-blooded murder," she dismissed police claims of Parvez's involvement in drug peddling and called it a "fake encounter." "Such extra-judicial killings have no place in a democracy. This is state-sponsored terror targeting Gujjar-Bakerwal communities," Mufti said, demanding a time-bound judicial probe. Mufti highlighted a disturbing pattern of violence against Gujjar-Bakerwals in 2024-25. Citing cases of alleged custodial deaths, staged encounters, and disappearances-including that of Makhan Din in Kathua, three youths in Kulgam, and Imtiyaz Magray in Kulgam-she said the community is being systematically harassed. She also mentioned the recent disappearance of Manzoor Ahmad from Kishtawar and a missing tribal student, Muddasir Dhakad, from Kulgam. Thousands from the community have reportedly been detained during seasonal migrations without charges. "The Gujjar-Bakerwals, once pillars of support for the region, are now treated as disposable," she said, adding that incidents like the 2018 Kathua rape-murder still haunt the community.htc...