‘Thought It Was a Prank’: Pahalgam Terror Attack Victim’s Wife Shares Her Ordeal

‘Thought It Was a Prank’: Ashanya Dwivedi, wife of Shubham Dwivedi, victim of the terror attack in Pahalgam, has claimed the martyr status for the deceased. As per her, Dwivedi has sacrificed the life saving others identifying himself as a Hindu.

"He proudly sacrificed his life by identifying himself as a Hindu and saved the lives of many people. The first bullet hit my husband, and the terrorists took time asking whether we were Hindu or Muslim... In such a situation, many people had time to run and save their lives," Ashanya told PTI on Saturday.

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Twenty-six people were shot to death when terrorists opened fire on tourists at a meadow not far from Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir.

Shubham married Ashanya on 12 February. The cremation was done at his native village on Thursday.

She said that she would have a reason to live if the government accepts her demand.

"I do not want anything else from the government except that Shubham should be given the status of a martyr. If the government accepts my wish, I will have a reason to live," Ashanya said.

She said here, 'Kill everyone who shoots others on the basis of religion'.

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‘Thought it was a prank’

According to her, when the terrorists approached and asked Shubham for his religion, she thought they were having some kind of joke.

"As soon as they came, one of them asked if we were Hindus or Muslims? I thought those people (terrorists) were playing a prank. I turned back, laughed and asked them what was going on. Then they repeated their question, and as soon as I replied that we were Hindus, a shot was fired and everything was over for me. Shubham's face was covered in blood. I could not understand what had happened," she said.

She said that she begged the terrorists to shoot her also, but they told her that they were letting her go so she could go tell the government what happened.

The Government of India has taken punitive steps against Pakistan with regard to the terror attack, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured bereaved families of justice in his Mann Ki Baat episode.

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