Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir, met with the families of 11 individuals who lost their lives in recent terror attacks. At Raj Bhavan, he presented job appointment letters to the next of kin of 10 police personnel and one engineer.
Among those honored were the families of four policemen – Head Constable Jagbir Singh, and Selection Grade Constables Jaswant Singh, Balvinder Singh, and Tariq Hussain – who were killed in a gunfight with Pakistani terrorists in Kathua district on March 27. This encounter followed an infiltration of five terrorists across the International Border in the Hiranagar sector, prompting a large-scale search operation since March 23.
The wives and relatives of these four policemen, hailing from Kathua, Jammu, and Reasi districts, as well as the families of six other fallen police officers, were present.
Also in attendance was Ruchi Abrol, the wife of engineer Shashi Bushan Abrol, who was among seven construction workers killed in a terrorist attack in Gagangir, Ganderbal district, in October of the previous year.
