Threatening letters reignite security fears among Kashmiri Pandits returning under rehabilitation scheme

For more than three decades, Kashmiri Pandits have lived at the intersection of displacement and the longing for return — a tension that threatening letters circulating in late August 2026 have once again brought into sharp relief. Personal details of Hindu government employees who resettled in Kashmir Valley under a federal rehabilitation scheme were leaked and weaponized, attributed to a group suspected of links to the Pakistan-based militant organization Lashkar-e-Taiba. The episode is not merely a security incident but a recurring reminder that the conditions for genuine homecoming — safet