MP Ruhullah Mehdi supports Centre’s actions to track down perpetrators of Pahalgam attack

“While hunting and punishing the culprits, innocent people should not be harmed.”

STC NEWS DESK
SRINAGAR , APRIL 29 (STC): Even as the Centre’s actions to bring perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack to justice are appreciable, it’s imperative for the government to ensure that no innocent is harmed in the process.
National Conference MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi stated this on Tuesday while talking to reporters in south Kashmir. He was in south Kashmir where he visited the family of ponywala Adil Hussain Shah, the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack.
“I do not want to do politics or comment over what steps the Centre is taking. The Government of India should do whatever is possible to bring the culprits to justice and give justice to those innocents who were killed,” he said
However, the MP said that while hunting the culprits, innocent people should not be harmed.
“For that, the Government of India and the forces here should keep in mind that no innocents like labourers, ponywalla, taxi drivers, are harmed in the process. If even a single innocent is harmed, it defeats the whole idea of justice. I request that the reaction be based on bringing justice… innocents should not be affected,” he said.
Commenting on the countrywide reaction to the attack, MP Mehdi said, “We are with justice, we are with that reaction. We want a united voice to be raised across the world for justice and that the people of J-K get a permanent respite from this violence. The people of J-K are the biggest losers in this irrespective of religion.”
He added: “We are the victims and we want the ways for peace to be found. The people of J-K will be the beneficiaries of peace. So, we are with the country in its reaction — be it diplomatically or through some other ways.”
(STC)