Srinagar Jul 24: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday spoke to the son of Head Constable Ashiq Hussain Qureshi, who was killed in the Anantnag terror attack, offering sincere condolences and assuring the bereaved family that the nation stands firmly with them.
During the telephonic conversation, Shah told the family that their sacrifices would never be forgotten and would always be remembered.
He acknowledged that this was the second sacrifice the family had made for the nation, stating that while such losses could never be compensated, the government would take ultimate care of them.
The Home Minister also informed the family that he would be visiting Kashmir and would personally meet them. The phone call was facilitated by Leader of the Opposition in the J&K Legislative Assembly, Sunil Sharma.
Sharma had gone to offer condolences to family. Speaking to Greater Kashmir, Sharma said Shah had asked him to take care of the family and had assured all possible help.
“He will meet the family during his Kashmir visit,” LOP Sharma said adding ultimate care of family will be taken in all respects.
Sharma was accompanied by BJP General Secretary Muhammad Anwar Khan, BJP Monitory Morcha General Secretary Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, and others.
The conversation was held three hours after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, accompanied by Director General of Police NalinPrabhat, and other senior police officers, visited the residence of the slain head constable in Budgam to express solidarity with the family.
Qureshi, a resident of Budgam serving with the 3rd Battalion of the Indian Reserve Police and attached to the Special Operations Group, was shot dead at close range by terrorists in Anantnag’s Lal Chowk market area on Wednesday while on AmarnathYatra duty.
He is survived by his mother, wife, and three children.
He had joined the police force in place of his father, a constable who died in an accident on the Srinagar-Jammu highway nearly three decades ago.
Following the attack, security forces launched an extensive crackdown across Jammu and Kashmir.
The residential houses of two active Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists — Adil Thokar of Guri in Anantnag and Haroon Rashid Ganaie of Bijbehara — were demolished overnight. Nearly 2800 persons were detained for questioning, with intensified joint frisking, extra checkpoints, and enhanced surveillance continuing across the Valley.
