Poonch: The shells shouted through the darkness of May 7, tearing through homes and live in Poonch district, close to LoC in J&K. A group of small houses on a hill, Javid Iqbal’s five -year -old daughter Mariam lay on her lap, her stomach was open with shrapnel. “She died in my arms,” he said on 30 May, showing his picture, the voice suffered. His eight -year -old daughter Iram Naz was also injured.In another part of the district, Jamia Zia-ul-Uloom, a 52-year-old madrasa, which doubles as a boarding school, had just started his day by Qari Mohammad Iqbal. A shell exploded near a low-fed building next to his room, flying metal splitters. Four students were injured. The 46 -year -old Quran teacher, Karari Iqbal, was declared dead on arrival at the district hospital.As soon as the bomb rained on Poonch for three days, 14 citizens lost their lives, including students, religious teachers, shopkeepers, housewives and ex -servicemen. More than 65 were injured-there were many life-changes.The nervousness spread rapidly than the blasts. The families ran away, emptied the roads, the district fell silent for fear of fear. Zulfikhahar Ali, a shopkeeper in the main market of Poonch Town, said, “Even in 1965 we did not witness such bombing.” “Everyone who can leave, can leave.”From May 6 to May 10 to May 10, five shells landed outside the house of BJP’s executive Pradeep Sharma. Sharma said, “It started at 1.45 am and did not stop for days.” “The doctors worked tirelessly, but if we had ventilaters, we must have saved six to eight more. We need a shock hospital here, a government medical college.”Sharma said that 80% of Poonach ran away till 10 May. He demanded bunkers for every household and government jobs, not only for the families of the dead but also for the injured in the shells. “The thirty five of them have a lifelong wounds,” he said. “They are also living with trauma.”Between the disadvantages and sorrow, another wound deep cut – one of the defamation. Hours after Karri Iqbal’s death, Delhi-based news channels took their pictures on screen, called him a Lashkar-e-Tabiba terrorist killed in Operation Sindoor.On May 30, in Jamia Zia-ul-Uloom, his brother Farooq Ahmed was sitting quietly, his face was sunk. “We were already mourning, and then we were pushed forward to WhatsApp. Friends asked,” Why are news channels calling your brother a terrorist? ” He had a beard and a Muslim name.The officers left quickly. Poonch police and district officials called the report “baseless and misleading”. Legal action was threatened against any outlet or a person who spreads false claims. Both CM Omar Abdullah and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visited Jamia and were informed about the infamy.Nazira Kusar, a mother of Poonach, fell into a shell falling in the hospital on 7 May. His 14 -year -old son was injured in madrasa. “Nothing can stop me,” he said. “He survived, but now hides under a blanket, afraid to go out. My husband has liver disease. We cannot treat. “She returned on May 30, hopefully someone will listen.On 31 May, Union Home Minister Amit Shah handed over job appointment letters to the next one. Dalbir Singh, who lost his brother Ranjit Singh, the owner of the grocery store, received one. “She never married. He was calm and cute,” said Dalbir. “I think Akash has fallen on us. I just want to finish it.”At least five members of the local Sikh community died, which included former army officer Amarjeet Singh, housewife Ruby Kaur and neighboring Amrik Singh. The wall of a gurudwara was damaged in shelling. As Poonach is cured by incredible fire of three days, scars remain – carved in stone and memory.
