12 Tourists Injured in Baisaran Valley of Pahalgam by Terror Gunfire
In the recent turn of events occurring in the state of Jammu and Kashmir 12 tourists were injured when armed terrorists entered the beautiful Baisaran valley in Pahalgam which is referred to as ‘Mini Switzerland’ for its captivating beauty and showered bullets onto the civilians. The peaceful tourist resorts were thrown into confusion when the gunmen struck suddenly on Tuesday.
Horror of Eyewitness: Attack without Warning
Eyewitnesses recounted how the attackers rained bullets at very close range onto tourists relaxing in the meadows. “My husband was shot in the head, others fell screaming,” said a woman who survived. This very remoteness thus made it all the more difficult to aid in the operation for their rescue accessible only on foot or by horseback. Locals carried the injured on ponies as authorities airlifted several victims by chopper.
Mega Search Operation by the Security Forces
Immediately after the gunshot Indian security forces got there. Very soon a major combing operation is underway to hunt down the attackers. The area has been barricaded elite units patrolled in the surrounding forests and trails. This daring attack on a tourist heavy zone has sounded alarm bells over existing security protocols across the nation.
PM Modi from Saudi Arabia Issues Orders
Right after the incident, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a visit to Saudi Arabia spoke to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and instructed him to directly oversee the situation and to take all possible steps against the criminals and to ensure the security of other tourists.
Political Leaders Outraged and Mournful
The former CM of J&K Mehbooba Mufti condemned the act saying that five were feared dead and demanding an immediate investigation. Omar Abdullah said he would be flying back to Srinagar to monitor developments. BJP leader Ravinder Raina said it was “Pakistani backed terrorists targeting civilians.”
A Black Day for Tourists’ Reviving in Kashmir
A rare attack on tourists strikes right at the heart of the very fragile transition of Kashmir toward tourism reviving. With visitors coming back in their largest numbers since the pandemic. Such seeds of violence could wipe out all those painstaking efforts put forward for developing this sector. The future challenge for the authorities now becomes ensuring security so that a second such occurrence does not take place.
As the nation looks on healing justice and the enforcement of the message that even paradise must be preserved, will descend on the weakest of its corners.
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