As extra particulars emerge within the wake of the Pahalgam terror assault, a video shot simply days earlier than the incident has surfaced on social media, showing to point out the 2 alleged terrorists strolling within the background.
The video was shot by a Pune-based man, Sreejit Rameshan, who had visited Pahalgam on April 18 together with his household.
Within the video, Rameshan’s six-year-old daughter is dancing whereas two males, one in native apparel and the opposite in a easy T-shirt and pants, stroll behind her.
Talking to Punekar Information, Rameshan stated, “After returning dwelling, we learnt concerning the terrorist assault. We had visited the identical spot just a few days in the past.”
He stated that after the sketches and last photos of the alleged 4 terrorists had been launched, he instantly recognised two of them. “As soon as their photos had been launched within the information, we felt we had seen two of them someplace. We began scanning all the images and movies we took throughout our time in Pahalgam. And there, in one of many movies, the place my daughter is dancing, two of them stroll behind her,” he stated.
He additional stated that he nonetheless isn’t totally positive if the photographs of the boys are of the alleged terrorists. “We’ve got submitted the video clip and different particulars to the NIA investigating group in Delhi. Additional investigations will reveal whether or not they’re the identical males who dedicated the crime or not,” he stated.
Pahalgam terror assault and aftermath
On April 22, terrorists struck the favored vacationer vacation spot, the picturesque Baisaran meadow in J&Okay’s Pahalgam, killing not less than 26 folks, together with two worldwide residents, and injuring a number of others.
Baisaran, about six kilometres from the resort city of Pahalgam, is an expansive meadow ringed by dense pine forests and mountains and a favorite with vacationers and trekkers. The realm will be accessed both on foot or horseback.
Armed terrorists got here into the grassland, dubbed ‘mini Switzerland’, and began firing at vacationers. In response to eyewitness accounts, they particularly focused males, asking them their identify and faith earlier than murdering them in chilly blood. The ladies and kids had been reportedly spared.
The fear assault was condemned by Indian and world leaders.
Amid the horror, accounts of bravery emerged, notably of native Kashmiri pony wallahs who risked their lives and ensured the vacationers had been safely escorted again. One pony wallah, 26-year-old Syed Adil Hussain Shah, bravely confronted one of many terrorists earlier than being gunned down. He was the one native casualty reported. A number of movies and tales of their braveness have since gone viral on social media.
However with tales of braveness, India witnessed a disturbing wave of hostility and bigotry in opposition to its Muslim inhabitants. In a number of components of the nation, members of the group have allegedly confronted hate speech, bodily assaults, assaults on outlets, denial of medical remedy, and requires sexual violence, notably concentrating on Kashmiri feminine college students, by right-wing people and organisations.
