<p>The killing of Ranjit Singh in a grenade attack by terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has snatched away his family's sole breadwinner.</p>.<p>Singh had infused the hope of a better life in his family of seven, living below the poverty line, when he took up the job of a salesman at a newly-opened liquor shop in Baramulla, 470 kms from his home in Rajouri.</p>.<p>But their hopes were dashed Tuesday evening when he was killed in a grenade attack -- just 20 days after he had joined the shop.</p>.<p>On the day of the incident, Singh was at the shop when a burqa-clad terrorist had walked up to it, dropped a grenade inside through the porthole window, causing an explosion which had killed him and left three other employees injured.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/baramulla-wine-shop-attack-case-solved-jk-police-1110628.html" target="_blank">Baramulla wine shop attack case solved: J&K police</a></strong></p>.<p>The injured employees have been identified as Govardhan Singh, Ravi Kumar, both residents of Billawar in Kathua, and Govind Singh, a resident of Kangra in Rajouri.</p>.<p>"The terrorists snatched the lone bread-earner of my family," Ranjit Singh's daughter Shivani told mediapersons after the cremation of her father's body Wednesday.</p>.<p>"It is not a crime to be a Hindu. Hindus can also work in Kashmir. It is not their (Islamic) State."</p>.<p>Singh's second daughter Priyanka says her father had left for a new job in Kashmir about 20 days ago.</p>.<p>"We hoped that now our lives would become better. But terrorist shattered our dreams. What will we do now? Who will feed us? We have a family to feed? They snatched our only bread-earner. They killed our father," she said.</p>.<p>She also asked questions of those who carry out such attacked, and also to their sympathisers.</p>.<p>"I want to ask them -- what mistake did my father commit by working in Kashmir to feed his family? What did my father do to them? Has he done any wrong to them?"</p>.<p>Singh used to work as a daily wage labourer before he got the job at the Baramulla liquor shop.</p>.<p>"He was a Hindu that is why he was killed by terrorists of Kashmir. He had gone to a place so far from home to feed his family. He was just a labourer. We feed our family by working as a labourer. He was our lone bread-earner. He is no longer with us," she said.</p>.<p>Hundreds of mourners gathered at Ranjit Singh’s home in Bakra Wednesday morning when his mortal remains reached from Baramulla.</p>.<p>They kept his body on the highway to block it and raised slogans against Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, demanding an end to killing of Hindus in Kashmir.</p>.<p>The cremation was conducted after authorities intervened. The protesters demanded Rs 25 lakh compensation for the family and a government job to a member. </p>
<p>The killing of Ranjit Singh in a grenade attack by terrorists in north Kashmir's Baramulla district has snatched away his family's sole breadwinner.</p>.<p>Singh had infused the hope of a better life in his family of seven, living below the poverty line, when he took up the job of a salesman at a newly-opened liquor shop in Baramulla, 470 kms from his home in Rajouri.</p>.<p>But their hopes were dashed Tuesday evening when he was killed in a grenade attack -- just 20 days after he had joined the shop.</p>.<p>On the day of the incident, Singh was at the shop when a burqa-clad terrorist had walked up to it, dropped a grenade inside through the porthole window, causing an explosion which had killed him and left three other employees injured.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/north-and-central/baramulla-wine-shop-attack-case-solved-jk-police-1110628.html" target="_blank">Baramulla wine shop attack case solved: J&K police</a></strong></p>.<p>The injured employees have been identified as Govardhan Singh, Ravi Kumar, both residents of Billawar in Kathua, and Govind Singh, a resident of Kangra in Rajouri.</p>.<p>"The terrorists snatched the lone bread-earner of my family," Ranjit Singh's daughter Shivani told mediapersons after the cremation of her father's body Wednesday.</p>.<p>"It is not a crime to be a Hindu. Hindus can also work in Kashmir. It is not their (Islamic) State."</p>.<p>Singh's second daughter Priyanka says her father had left for a new job in Kashmir about 20 days ago.</p>.<p>"We hoped that now our lives would become better. But terrorist shattered our dreams. What will we do now? Who will feed us? We have a family to feed? They snatched our only bread-earner. They killed our father," she said.</p>.<p>She also asked questions of those who carry out such attacked, and also to their sympathisers.</p>.<p>"I want to ask them -- what mistake did my father commit by working in Kashmir to feed his family? What did my father do to them? Has he done any wrong to them?"</p>.<p>Singh used to work as a daily wage labourer before he got the job at the Baramulla liquor shop.</p>.<p>"He was a Hindu that is why he was killed by terrorists of Kashmir. He had gone to a place so far from home to feed his family. He was just a labourer. We feed our family by working as a labourer. He was our lone bread-earner. He is no longer with us," she said.</p>.<p>Hundreds of mourners gathered at Ranjit Singh’s home in Bakra Wednesday morning when his mortal remains reached from Baramulla.</p>.<p>They kept his body on the highway to block it and raised slogans against Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, demanding an end to killing of Hindus in Kashmir.</p>.<p>The cremation was conducted after authorities intervened. The protesters demanded Rs 25 lakh compensation for the family and a government job to a member. </p>