Expressing their anger over the June 9 terror attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, the Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal units on Wednesday urged the Central government to take decisive steps to ensure such incidents are not repeated.
The VHP and Bajrang Dal units of Hamirpur and Chamba districts submitted to Deputy Commissioners memoranda addressed to the President Droupadi Murmu.
Terrorists opened fire on a bus in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi on Sunday evening as the vehicle carrying pilgrims from Uttar Pradesh it fell into a gorge. Police officials said nine pilgrims were killed and 33 injured.
“On June 9, a bus of Hindu pilgrims from Vaishno Devi, Katra, to Shiv Khodi in Jammu and Kashmir was allegedly attacked by Pakistan-sponsored Islamic Jihadi terrorists in which 10 innocent Hindu pilgrims were killed,” the memorandum said.