Jammu, June 4 -- The "merciless" killing of another Kashmiri Pandit, councillor Rakesh Pandita, in Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district late on Wednesday has once again exposed the glaring loopholes in the security apparatus extended to the grassroots workers in the Kashmir valley.

Pandita's family has demanded a high-level probe by a national investigation agency to piece together the sequence of events preceding the targeted killing of the sole bread earner of his family.

Pandita leaves behind an ailing mother, a specially-abled brother who was totally dependent on him for all his basic needs, including medicine and daily chores, his son Paras, who is a Class 12 student, wife and a sister.

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