Veteran actor Anupam Kher today criticised Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar for meeting Kashmiri separatist leaders in the trouble-torn Kashmir Valley.

"Why talk to people who are responsible for killing people?," Kher questioned Aiyar at a debate on India Today's Newsroom program.

He said representations of some political parties insult Kashmiri Pandits by meeting certain Hurriyat leaders.

A delegation which included the Congress leader had earlier met separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.

Aiyar defended his action saying it is possible to reach out to all sections of people and hold reasonable discussion.

Anupam Kher, who was representing Kashmiri Pandits, said, "Aiyar has never visited any refugee camps, spoke on behalf of Kashmiri Pandits. Bitta Karate has confessed to having killed over 20 Kashmiri Pandits. There has been not one word from Aiyar or Congress condemning Bitta Karate. I hope that some action is taken against Karate after his confession".

In response to Aiyar's claim that there were two Kashmiri Pandits at the meeting of all stakeholders that he was a part of, Anupam Kher said that the views of the Kashmiri Pandits at the meeting must not have been adequately represented.

Kher also hit out at Kashmiri separatist leader Bitta Karate who was caught on camera admitting taking money from Pakistan to fan unrest in the Kashmir Valley in an India Today sting operation.

An archival video of the JKLF leader has him admitting killed 20 Kashmiri Pandits.

"They (Hurriyat) are the people who have created all kinds of problems whether its stone pelters whether its killing of Kashmiri Pandits," he said adding that Karate's confession is in the public domain.

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