Srinagar: Two women injured in the Anantnag attack on yatris are being attended by Kashmiri at SKIMS here as visitor from Maharastra and the two Kashmiris are good friends.
Pushpaben Goswami and Lalitaben, being treated at SKIMS are being attended by Tanveer and Amaan after they were called by their friend, Vijay Parekh from Maharashtra, to attend them.
Parkeh who lives in Dahanu, Paldhar district in Maharashtra, told KNS over phone that he received photo of an injured woman on his Whats App number from his Kashmir friend, Amaan, after the attack took place on Amarnath pilgrims in Anantnag.
He recognised the women in the photo as Pushpaben Goswami, one of the women injured in the attack.
Seven persons, including six women, were killed and 19 others injured in the attack that took place in Batengoo area of Anantnag on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Monday evening on yatri bus.
He said one person killed in the attack and 15 injured were from Paldhar district that has observed a strike today against the attack.
“The entire district is in deep grief and shock as is the country after the attack,” Parekh said.
“I talked to Pushpaben’s attendants on phone. She is recovering,” Parekh said.
“I know the ground reality and about the people in Kashmir. I along with my friends and relatives have visited Kashmir since 2004. We are aware about the attacks on army and security forces. But to my mind such a grave incident has happened first time. Yet, I am coming to Kashmir in August and I am not afraid of such attacks,” he said.
Parekh said that he had met Amaan in Kashmir in 2004 when he first visited Kashmir at Kashmir Art Emporium and have been friends since.
He said that during 2016 floods in Kashmir, he and many of his friends came here for three days with relief and other material needed by the people.
“I know the hospitality of the people in Kashmir. I have attended marriage of Amaan’s relative. We are worried after the attack but are confident that our injured will be taken care of by my friends,” he said. (KNS)