Dhangri people to hold candle march on Saturday & Maha Panchayat on Sunday ; Resentment against govt’s failure to take action against terrorists/ their supporters

GNS ONLINE RAJOURI 
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, MARCH 31 :–On Monday (March 28) family members of victims of the Dhangri terrorist attack (in Rajouri district) threatened to migrate as the government fails to trace, track and eliminate the attackers even after 86 days after the incident.

In order to express their resentment, inhabitants and family members (PoJK displaced families) of terror attack victims decided to carry out a peaceful candle march on Saturday.

They also threatened to return the ex-gratia amount, government jobs provided and weapons issued for their security in resentment as the government even fails to take action against those who provided help to the terrorists involved in the gruesome incident.

Further, on March 29 family members of the victims didn’t allow the ground-water authorities (sent by deputy commissioner) to install a hand pump in the village as the families facing shortage of safe drinking water.

It is pertinent to mention here that in the evening hours on January 1, two terrorists struck in Upper Dhangri village in Rajouri district of J&K and spread bullets on the people.

Four persons were killed on the spot while another succumbs to injuries in a hospital at Jammu after a few days. Before leaving the village, terrorists planted an IED that exploded the next day in which two minor cousins were killed.

Seven people were killed while 14 others were injured in twin terror attacks. Family members are demanding action against the perpetrators and against those who helped them, guided them, and provided shelter & food to them.

“We want justice. We don’t need money and jobs. We want action against attackers and their supporters,” said family members, including Saroj Bala (who lost her two sons) and Neeta (who lost her husband & father in law) in the attack.

Inhabitants of Dhangri also decided to organise a ‘Maha Panchayat’ on Sunday, which will be joined by Sarpanches of more than twenty Panchayats and prominent religious leaders besides Rajiv Chuni, Chairman SOS International.

“It is expected that a committee will be constituted in the Maha Panchayat to carry forward our further struggle for justice and further course of action,” said Dheeraj Kumar, Sarpanch Upper Dhangri.

NIA is investigating the Dhangri & Phalyana terror attacks. At Phalyana the terrorists had killed two civilians in the early morning hours on December 16 in the vicinity of Rajouri Army Hospital.