Attack of Pahalgam – ‘I lost my father but now my 2 brothers in cashmere …’ Pahalgam terror Attack Arti Menon lost his father said to cashmere NTC
In total, 26 tourists were killed in a terrorist attack in Pahalgam in Jammu-et-Cachemire. People who lost their lives in this attack were also included in Kochi’s father, N Ramachandran (65), father of Aarti R Menon. Aarti, after his return from Pahalgam, spoke to the media of the frightening scene.
Speaking to the media on Thursday, Aarti said: “At the beginning, we felt that it is the voice of the crackers, but after the next shot, I learned that this is a terrorist attack.”
‘The ball fired, my father fell …’ ‘
Aarti’s father and his six -year -old twins crossed a meadow surrounded by an enclosure in Baisaran, when the terrorists attacked him. Her mother Sheela was sitting in the car.
He said, “We crawled under the fence to escape. People were dispersed in all directions. When we move forward, a man came out of the forest. He looked directly towards us. The stranger said a few words that they could not understand. We did not respond, we did not know. The following moment, he fired.
‘Treat like a family …’
According to the agency, Aarti said they were wandering in the forest for about an hour. He said, “My son shouted and the man fled. I knew that my father had gone. I took the children and I left. In the forest, I did not know where I was going. When the signal of my phone disappeared, I called my driver.
Aarti said that in scary time, the foreigners of the cashmere also had sympathy and that they treated them like a family. Recalling that he had said: “My Musafir driver and another person, Sameer became my brother. He was held with me all the time, took me to Morcyry, helped us. I continued to wait there at 3 o’clock. She took care of me like a sister.”
When Aarti started to come back from Srinagar, he told the two people who helped, now I have two brothers in cashmere, Allah should protect you both.
