Pahalgam terror victim Vinay Narwal’s wife appeals for communal harmony: ‘Do not want people going after Muslims and Kashmiris’
Urging people not to “go after Muslims and Kashmiris”, Himanshi Narwal Thursday prayed for “peace” while laying emphasis on “justice” for her Naval officer husband, Lt Vinay Narwal, who was gunned down in Pahalgam just 10 days ago, on his birthday. Narwal would have turned 27 Thursday. “We don’t want people to go after Muslims and Kashmiris. We want peace and only peace. Of course, we want justice. The people who have wronged him should be punished,” said Himanshi, who got married to Lt Narwal just a week before the April 22 terror attack that left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead. She was speaking ahead of a blood donation camp organised at Karnal in Haryana. Himanshi and Narwal were on their honeymoon in Pahalgam when terrorists shot the Naval officer at point blank. Story continues below this ad Narwal’s sister, Shristi expressed her gratitude to people who participated in the blood donation camp. “I want to thank everyone who travelled from far to come here to donate blood. We have been receiving messages too. People have responded enthusiastically (to the blood donation camp). The government has also done a lot,” Shristi said. She said a couple flew down from Bengaluru to donate blood at the camp while many others came from Delhi. The camp was organised by Karnal-based NGO National Integrated Forum of Artists and Activists (NIFAA). Various speakers while addressing the gathering said the late officer dedicatedly served the nation while in service and will continue to live in everyone’s hearts forever. Story continues below this ad “A youth who was supposed to serve the country for many years was snatched away by terrorism. A soldier on the battle ground saves people’s lives by shedding blood. We are today donating blood in his honour to save people’s lives,” chairperson of NIFAA Pritpal Singh Pannu said. One of the attendees who donated blood at the camp said, “The nation will always be grateful to Narwal for his sacrifice. We can only pay our tributes by donating our blood but nobody can fill the void created by his death.” Earlier, CM Nayab Singh Saini had announced an ex gratia of `50 lakh and a government job for a member of Narwal’s family.
