| 1. Rajni Bala, a Kashmiri Pandit, taught at a Government High School in Gopalpora, Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. She was fatally shot by terrorists on May 31, 2022. |
| 2. She resided in Kulgam with her husband and 13-year-old daughter, both school teachers as well. |
| 3. They had been educators in government schools in Kulgam since 2009. Her school was about 7 km from their rented home in Chawalgam. |
| 4. On the day of the attack, her husband and daughter dropped her off at school moments before the tragic incident occurred. |
| 5. The couple had been seeking a transfer to a safer district, a request that was granted the night before Rajni's untimely death. |
| 6. After the necessary procedures, her body was transferred to her hometown, Samba. Her husband expressed regret over the delayed transfer, believing it could have saved her life. |
| 7. She was 36 years old at the time of her death[3][5]. |
| 8. Her murder was the seventh targeted killing in May 2022 in the Valley, following attacks on off-duty policemen and civilians including TV artiste Amreena Bhat and clerk Rahul Bhat[3]. |
| 9. Two terrorists involved in her killing were later neutralized in an encounter in Kulgam district on Thursday following the attack[2]. |
