Operation Sindoor
Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH/JAMMU, May 7: Special prayers were held at Gurdwara Shri Guru Singh Sabha in Poonch district on Thursday to pay homage to those killed in Pakistani shelling following Operation Sindoor.
Devotees gathered at the Gurdwara to pray for peace and remember the victims, while condemning the attacks on civilian areas and religious places during the cross-border shelling.
A Gurdwara official told reporters that the shrine itself had come under Pakistani shelling during the hostilities.
“Although there was no loss of life inside the Gurdwara, the shrine suffered major damage,” he said, recalling that a shell later struck nearby residences killing two persons.
The official said special prayers were organised to mark the first death anniversary of the victims.
He said Pakistan attempted to disturb the communal harmony of the region where Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs had lived together peacefully for generations.
“The shelling did not spare religious places. Shells hit the Gurdwara, langar hall, temples, and mosques alike. An Islamiya teacher at a mosque was also killed,” he recalled.
He added that while the Government had provided compensation and employment to one member of each affected family, the loss of human lives could never truly be compensated.
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