After migration threat, Dhangri attack victim families didn’t allow installation of hand pump ; First, we want justice for our children & then water: Saroj Bala.

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD 

RAJOURI, MARCH 28:–Within 24 hours of the threat to migrating, & surrender ex-gratia/jobs as a mark of protest against the government agencies’ failure to trace, track and eliminate the killers of 7 people even after about three months of gruesome terror attack, the members of the victim families on Tuesday didn’t allow the groundwater authorities to install hand pump in upper Dhangri village.

On Monday while expressing their resentment members of victim families threatened to abandon the village (migrate) and surrender jobs provided/ ex-gratia amount provided to them by the government.

Immediately after the threats issued on Tuesday, Dheeraj Kumar, Sarpanch of Upper Dhangri village received a call from the Planning Department that the administration has decided to install a hand pump in the village to meet the water requirement of the villagers and affected families.

On Tuesday vehicles of Ground Water Department reached the village to start drilling work. But Saroj Bala, who had lost her sons Deepak (27) and Prince (21) in the January 1 terrorist attack, and other members of the victim families didn’t allow the drilling work.

While again expressing her resentment over the statement of DGP in which he recently said’ “The terrorists (struck at Dhangri) had infiltrated and might have returned back (to PoK)”, Saroj Bala said that we have been demanding justice for our children which the government has failed to provide even after about three months of the gruesome attack.

“As a mark of protest, we already have decided to migrate, return all kinds of ex-gratia (financial aids), and government jobs provided. We have lost our dears. We don’t want water, we first want justice for children,” said Saroj Bala & others.
They asked the officials of the Ground Water Department (GWD) to convey our message to Deputy Commissioner (who sent the GWD team) first to provide us justice and then water.

On Monday, while addressing the media here at Rajouri, members of the victim families expressed their concern that despite tall claims to eliminate the perpetrators of the Dhangri massacre within a month, the government agencies failed to inform us about the progress of their investigation.

Seven people, including two siblings, father-son duo and two children, of four families, were killed while fourteen others were injured in twin attacks by the terrorists on January 1 & 2.

After Monday’s threat to migrate and return ex-gratia/ government jobs provided, inhabitants of the Upper Dhangri village along with affected families are likely to chalk out their future course of action in an important meeting (soon) which will be joined by prominent religious leaders from other parts of the district/state.