NEW DELHI, June 10:
President Droupadi Murmu said the terrorist attack on Sunday on a bus carrying pilgrims was a “dastardly act” and that the nation stood with the victims’ families.
“I am anguished by the terrorist attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. This dastardly act is a crime against humanity, and must be condemned in the strongest words. The nation stands with the families of the victims. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Murmu said in a post on X.
Earlier, in another post, the President had said she was “deeply distressed to learn of a bus accident in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir in which a number of pilgrims have died”.
“My condolences to the families of the victims. I pray for the speedy recovery of the injured,” Murmu had said in the post, which was later deleted. (PTI)