Bhubaneswar: Jagan Sahu, son of Pulwama martyr Prasanna Sahu, said he felt a sense of relief after the Indian Air Force struck on terror camps in Pakistan.
“My family, our villagers and relatives feel a relieved today that my country has avenged the Pulwama attack,’ said Jagan.
The martyr’s son who is pursuing Intermediate said he would join the Central Reserve Police Force after completing his education.
“I’m the only son of my father. I’m ready to fight for my country. I want to take avenge my father’s killing,” said the 17-year-old boy.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik also hailed the Indian Air Force (IAF) for striking the biggest training camp of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) group in Pakistan, eliminating a large number of terrorists and their trainers.
The Chief Minister tweeted: “Salute the #IndianAirForce for pre-dawn air strikes on terror camps in defence of our Nation. #JaiHind”.
Foreign secretary Vijay K. Gokhale told the media that the “non-military pre-emptive action was specifically targeted at the terrorist camp” which he said was located on a hilltop far away from civilian areas.
The camp, he said, was located at Balakot, about 195 km from Islamabad and over 40 km from Muzaffarabad, in the province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Reports claimed that the IAF strike was carried out by a group of Mirage 2000 fighters at around 3.30 a.m.
The IAF action follows a suicide bombing on a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) convoy in Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir on February 14 which killed more than 40 troopers. The attack was claimed by the Pakistan-based JeM.
