Surviving members of the Dhangri terror assault and relatives of the deceased have said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s promise of complete “government support” is “comforting and reassuring.” This was reported on June 24 in Jammu and Rajouri.
When they visited Shah on his two-day trip to J&K, he offered them his word. The Union Home Minister met with a handful of survivors and relatives of victims of Friday’s terror assault in Jammu. Manoj Sinha, the Lt. Governor, was also present.
The Union Home Minister praised them on his official Twitter account after meeting them, calling them “India’s pillars of strength in ending the menace of terrorism.”
Smt. Suraj (Saroj) Sharma and her family are among the few who managed to escape the terror assaults in Rajouri. Their bravery and determination are the backbone of India’s fight against terrorism. Through a tweet, Shah expressed his “deepest condolences” and promised the government’s assistance to the victims’ families.
Notable attendees at the meeting with Shah included local BJP leaders Saroj Sharma, Pawan Sharma, and Susheel Sharma, among others.
Although Pawan managed to escape the assault, he was permanently disabled as a result. Saroj and Susheel Sharma both had children killed in the assault.
There was a conference when survivors and family members of victims complained about the “slack approach of investigating agencies in taking the case to its logical conclusion by hunting down the terrorists, even seven months after the attack.”
They voiced their frustration with how slowly the probe was proceeding. In addition, the Union Home Minister was made aware of “local support” for the assault. Nothing would have been possible without the help of locals, but investigators still don’t know who supplied the terrorists with food and lodging and who led them to specific homes. The threat of another assault will remain until they (those who aided terrorism) are discovered. They further said, “We asked the Home Minister to intervene personally on this matter.”
Surviving members of the attack and relatives of those who were killed have asked the Union Home Minister to investigate why the IED that was planted and detonated the day after the attack was not spotted, even though all security measures had been put into place immediately following the terrorist attack on January 1 evening.
They also looked into helping two survivors, including Pawan Sharma, who had been severely hurt in the assault and would be permanently disabled without rehabilitation. They can no longer work since they have lost their arms and hands. Invoking the appropriate SRO, they asked the Home Minister to guarantee them a job. The relatives of the dead said the officials “promised to do the needful.”
And the Union Home Minister has promised to investigate their safety concerns and raise them with the appropriate authorities.
After hearing them out, Shah explained that his plans to meet with them during his earlier visit had to be scrapped owing to unforeseen circumstances.
While in Jammu and Kashmir for the day on January 13, Union Home Minister Amit Shah called them. To show his solidarity with the victims, the Union Home Minister was planning a visit to Dhangri village in Rajouri on that day. Since bad weather prevented him from visiting the homes of the victims, he and Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha instead addressed the group of grieving relatives gathered at the home of Saroj Bala on January 13.
On January 1, two of Saroj’s sons, Deepak Sharma (27) and Prince Sharma (21), were killed when terrorists opened fire on their home.
Seven people were killed in the twin terror assaults in
