Sanjay Dwivedi, a resident of Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is still grappling with the loss of his son, Shubham Dwivedi, who was killed in the recent Pahalgam terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Dwivedi, his son, along with his wife and sister-in-law, had visited a scenic spot known as “mini Switzerland” in Pahalgam.
Dwivedi said that Shubham’s wife, who survived the attack, asked the terrorists to kill her as well. However, they spared her life to use her as a witness to convey a message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The family had stopped at a restaurant 7 km before reaching the destination. While they were having snacks, terrorists arrived and asked about their religious identity.
After learning that Shubham was a Hindu, the terrorists shot him in the head. Recounting the horror, Dwivedi said “…My son, his wife, and sister-in-law went to a place called ‘mini Switzerland’, which is at a high altitude, and we stopped at a restaurant, 7 km before that place. They were having some snacks when the terrorists came. They asked about whether you are Hindu or Muslin, and after that, they shot my son in the head. My daughter-in-law asked them to kill her as well, but they didn’t. They told him that we are leaving you alive so that you can tell Modi about all this. We met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Srinagar, and we have told him what we want.”