BENGALURU: “Anyone involved in terrorist activities should not be spared, and justice must be served. Terror attacks should never take place again, anywhere,” said Preetham, brother of Bharath Bhushan, who was killed in the terror attack that was carried out at Baisaran Meadow in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, on April 22. Bhushan was on a holiday in Pahalgam with his wife, Dr Sujatha, and their three-and-half-year-old son.
Responding to reporters on Wednesday, following the Indian Armed Forces’ Operation Sindoor, under which strategic strikes were carried out across nine locations within Pakistan, Preetham said, “My brother will not return, but the Indian government is doing what needs to be done. We stand with the government. Indian soldiers have identified and attacked terrorist hideouts. The government has made the right decision of targeting terror infrastructure, preventing terrorists to infiltrate and kill more people in our country.”
He added, “It is important that terror outfits are dismantled, and we fully support the government’s retaliation.”
He further said, “Right now, everyone is talking about the Pahalgam attack. But at home, we haven’t told the child who lost his father anything. The three-and-a-half-year-old boy doesn’t even understand what he has lost. I request people not to support anything that goes against the country. Today, it is our family that is grieving — tomorrow, it could be someone else’s.”
Channaveerappa, Bhushan’s father, said he had faith in the Indian government’s resolve. “We knew the prime minister would act — and he did. Terror camps were destroyed. This is justice,” he said, adding that the government had fulfilled its responsibility.