Jaipur, Jun 11:
Rajasthan government has announced Rs 50 lakh compensation each to the two families from the state who lost their members in the Sunday terror attack in J-K’s Reasi, besides two contractual jobs to dependents and allocation of dairy booths, officials said on Tuesday.
The decision was taken after talks with protesting locals who held a dharna outside the Chomu police station on Tuesday, demanding government jobs and greater compensation to the families.
The bodies of the four people, including a two-year-old boy, killed in the terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims, were brought here by train on Tuesday and were taken to Harmada and Chomu by their relatives, police said.
Cloth merchant Rajendra Saini (42), his wife Mamta (40), their relative Pooja Saini (30) and her two-year-old son Titu are among nine killed after terrorists opened fire at the bus that plunged into a gorge.
Rajendra and Mamta are survived by their two sons and a daughter. Rajendra was the sole earning member of the family.
Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma said his government is committed to providing all necessary support to the affected families .
“The death of four citizens of Chaumun, Jaipur in the cowardly attack on a pilgrim bus in Jammu and Kashmir is extremely sad.
“In this hour of immense grief, our sensitive government will provide financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh to each affected family. In this hour of grief, the state government is with the families of the deceased and is also committed to providing them every possible support,” Sharma said on X.
In Chomu, where the bodies arrived on Tuesday, the district administration and
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police tried to pacify the protestors who were demanding Rs 1 crore compensation and a government job for the victim’s family.
“Agreement was reached (after talks) to provide Rs 50 lakh compensation to each family, two contractual josb and dairy booth allocation. The protest has ended and bodies have been handed over for last rites,” Chomu SDM Dilip Singh said.
Pooja Saini’s husband Pavan (32) was injured in the incident, a police officer said.
While Rajendra and Mamta were residents of Chomu town in Jaipur district, Pooja was the resident of Ajmera ki Dhani in the Harmada area on Chomu road.
Unfazed by shots being fired, 21-year-old Saurav Gupta, who was on the bus in Jammu that came under a terror attack, took it upon himself to raise an alarm but was felled by a bullet just then which pierced the back of his neck.
Saurav was among the nine pilgrims killed in the Sunday terror attack on a bus in Jammu’s Reasi.
His body was brought to Delhi in an ambulance by his father Kuldeep Gupta and other family members. He was cremated near his house in northeast Delhi’s Mandoli area on Tuesday.
Saurav had gone to the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu with wife Shivani to pray for a baby. The couple, which had been married for two years, was scheduled to return home later the same day.
“She saw her husband die in front of her eyes. She was inconsolable,” Manoj Gupta, Saurav’s uncle, told PTI.
According to him, Sourav was a brave man with a strong build and a 6-ft height.
“He was sitting behind the driver in a window seat when the terrorists attacked their bus. As soon the firing began, he raised an alarm but was shot,” Manoj Gupta said.
The bullet hit him in the back of his neck since he was sitting by the window.
“His wife Shivani escaped unhurt in the attack but suffered fractures in legs and face when the bus fell into a gorge,” Manoj Gupta said.
“Shivani had even made a video call to her grandmother-in-law from the bus just before the attack to show her the scenic view,” he said. Shivani is currently under treatment at Shanti Niketan Nursing Home near the couple’s house.
Saurav, who lost his mother at the age of three, is survived by his wife, father, who works in an export house, and a younger brother, who is a college student.
Saurav also used to work in an export house in Gandhi Nagar area.
His uncle said the couple had gone to the Vaishno Devi shrine last week and on June 9, the two decided to go to the Shiv Khori temple on a bus.
“The Army must give a fitting reply to the terrorists responsible for the attack,” he said.
Nine people were killed and 41 injured as the terrorists opened fire at a 53-seater bus, which was on its way from the Shiv Khori temple to the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Katra on Sunday evening.
The bus veered off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Teryath village of the Poni area of Reasi.
