Srinagar/New Delhi, April 23 || Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the terror attack site in Pahalgam’s Baisaran valley on Wednesday, where the terrorists unleashed mayhem a day ago, gunning down several tourists and injuring many others.
The Home Minister arrived at ground zero in an Army helicopter and took first-hand account information from the security officials, about the ghastly attacks that claimed over a dozen innocent lives.
The tourists were targeted, segregated on basis of religion and then brutally murdered by the terrorists in South Kashmir’s ‘mini Switzerland’ on Tuesday.
Before going to Baisaran, HM Shah went to the Government Medical College (GMC) Hospital in Anantnag where he met the injured tourists and enquired about the medical facilities there to aid in their speedy recovery.
As a mark of support and solidarity, the J&K Government had announced an ex-gratia of ₹10 lakh each for the families of the deceased, ₹2 lakh for those seriously injured, and ₹1 lakh for those with minor injuries.
At Baisaran HM Shah also spent some time in prayer for the departed souls. He interacted with Army, police and paramilitary officials about the operation to hunt down those responsible for the cowardly act.
The Home Minister’s visit to the terror attack site sends out a big message about the government’s priorities in cracking down on the terror network behind the massacre.