Central govt must frame policy for martyrs: Aurangzeb’s father

Arteev Sharma

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Tribune News Service

Jammu, July 25

On Kargil Vijay Diwas, Mohammad Hanief, the father of Rifleman Aurangzeb, who was abducted and killed by militants in Pulwama district last month, said the Centre would have to frame a policy to deliver justice to martyrs.

“The entire country is with me, what else I can ask for…This pain (of son’s killing) cannot be erased. The government must frame a policy for martyrs. It has to think for those who sacrificed their lives for the nation,” Hanief said while speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of a function held here.

He was in Jammu to receive a group of disabled persons from Mumbai, who are visiting Aurangzeb’s native Salani village in Poonch district, under the banner of Nilotpal Mrinal Foundation. The group has come to Jammu to pay tributes to the martyr on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas.

The martyr’s father said he was happy on the resumption of Operation All-Out in Kashmir. “There is still some laxity on part of the authorities.Militants have to be dealt with bullets.”

“After Aurangzeb, two soldiers have been killed. My brother also died due to bullets…my mother used to cry all the time… I used to get angry telling her that she would become blind, but she kept crying and eventually passed away. Whether Pakistan did it or militants, it is the families of the martyrs who suffer. There should be some policy for delivering justice to their families,” Hanief said.

Rifleman Aurangzeb was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles at Shadimarg in Shopian. He was abducted and killed by militants when he was on way home on June 14.

He was son of whole nation: Mother

Jammu: Her stony eyes remained glued to the wall hangings of his dead son. Tears continuously flowed down her cheeks. Laj Begum, the mother of Rifleman Aurangzeb, broke down several times during an hour-long event organised by Niloptal Mrinal Foundation to honour her son. “He was not my son alone. He was the son of the whole nation. Had he been my son only, he would have been in my lap,” said Laj Begum.