Rajouri- Individuals are decided to foil the nefarious designs of the enemy, vowed Dheeraj Sharma, the sarpanch of Jammu and Kashmir’s Dhangri village that noticed 5 of its residents being shot lifeless by terrorists on at the present time final 12 months.
Tragedy had struck Dhangri in Rajouri district once more a day later. Two kids of the village the place killed when an IED, left behind by the terrorists, exploded.
“Nobody can really feel my ache as my life modified in minutes throughout that assault. I used to be a proud mom of two sons, Prince and Deepak, and now I’m on their lonesome,” 50-year-old Saroj Bala, a widow, advised PTI.
Deepak Sharma (24) and his brother Prince Sharma (21), Pritam Lal (57) and his son Shishu Pal Sharma (32), and an ex-serviceman Satish Kumar (45) have been killed in indiscriminate firing by the terrorists. Samiksha Sharma (13) and her cousin Vihaan Sharma (4) have been killed within the improvised explosive system (IED) blast.
Many individuals have been additionally injured within the firing by the terrorists.
“We by no means dreamt of such an assault. Terrorists took good thing about our informal strategy. Now we have now taken counter measures and are decided to frustrate the nefarious designs of enemy forces,” Dheeraj Sharma stated.
Explaining the measures, he stated that Village Defence Guards (VDGs) are alert and the village is now protected by an organization of the Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF).
Bal Sharma, a VDG member who had fired on the terrorists and compelled them to flee, stated VDGs are alert round the clock to protect the village.
The assault was the primary such incident in over 16 years within the border district of Rajouri. It led to the deployment of the CRPF firm on the village.
Whereas a few Pakistani terrorists, together with the mastermind of the January 1 assault, have been killed in two separate encounters with safety forces in Could and November final 12 months in Rajouri, the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) has arrested two terror associates from Gursai village of Poonch’s Mendhar in reference to the incident.
Nonetheless, Saroj Bala expressed unhappiness over the investigation carried out after the assault. Investigation companies are nonetheless to achieve any conclusion and “we’re ready for justice”, she stated.
“Why was the assault carried out on our homes for no fault of ours? Why have been our harmless members of the family killed brutally? Why was the IED positioned in entrance of my home,” Saroj Bala requested. She claimed that those that facilitated the attackers on this space are but to be recognized.
She additionally demanded {that a} memorial be constructed for these killed within the capturing and IED blast.
Recalling the January 1 assault, 30-year-old Nita Devi, who misplaced her husband Shishu Pal and her father-in-law, stated she was cooking when a terrorist entered her home and requested for Aadhaar playing cards earlier than firing on the lads.
“My father-in-law died on the spot whereas my husband succumbed to accidents on the GMC (Authorities Medical School) related hospital in Rajouri. They have been labourers,” she stated.
“I’m left within the household with my two kids, Sakshi is at school 4 and Parvas at school 1. I’m involved about their higher future within the absence of their father,” Devi stated. “I dwell with by no means ending concern,” she stated.
Shubh Sharma (18), who survived the capturing with accidents, stated although he lived, he misplaced his father, Satish.
He acquired a number of bullet accidents and docs operated on him twice to avoid wasting his life. He’ll bear one other surgical procedure after 5 months.
Rajat Kumar, a neighborhood resident, stated the incidents are contemporary in individuals’s thoughts.
On that day, “it was solely after round 10 minutes that we realised what was taking place as we initially mistook the gunshots with bursting of crackers by somebody to rejoice the brand new 12 months,” he stated.
Saroj Bala’s relative Shashi Bala, who had come to pay condolences on the primary anniversary of the assault, stated individuals of Dhangri are courageous however nobody can deny that there’s concern amongst them because the assault was lethal and harmless civilians have been killed.
“Dhangri was simply one other village for us the place our family members reside however now Dhangri is the title of an incident which connects with killings of harmless civilians, together with kids,” she stated.
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