JK News Today
Akhnoor, April 23: The Gujjars and Bakkarwals are one of the most vicitmised communities of Pakistan’s state sponsored terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir since the early 90s.
The community has suffered at length, frequently at the cost of precious lives and property at the hands of terrorists supported from across the border.
These valiant nomadic people have supported the Indian Army in counter insurgency and counter terrorism operations with great courage and conviction. The achievements of this community cannot be over emphasised as they were the mainstay of “Op Sarpvinash” which drove out the scourge of Pak terrorism from the Pir Panjal Ranges. After the cowardly attack by Pak sponsored terrorists on an Indian Army vehicle on 20 Apr 2023 which killed five Indian soldiers, 113 members of the community in Akhnoor came forward and expressed solidarity with the security forces.
Mohd Akram, one of the leading members of the Bakkarwal community in Akhnoor expressed his grief over the loss of the bravehearts and condemned the cowardly attacks.
