MAMOOSA, India — Two unidentified militants killed a Christian convert from Islam on a busy road in Mamoosa village, Baramulla district, in the terror-stricken Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir Nov. 21. Bashir Ahmed Tantray, a 50-year-old engineer, was shot dead apparently by Islamic militants as he stood at a busy bus stand near his parents’ house in Mamoosa, a local Christian source reported.
Tantray, who had accepted Christianity about a decade ago and had been an active Christian worker ever since, is survived by his wife, two daughters and two sons. Newspapers had mentioned Tantray’s name in "false and exaggerated reports" relating to "conversion activities" by Christian organizations in 2003, the source said. "There is no doubt among the people, both Christian and Muslim, here that he was killed because of his identity [as] a Christian worker," he said.
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