Amid rising Pakistani shelling, a senior government official died in Rajouri, while two of his staff members were critically injured, officials said on May 10.
Raj Kumar Thapa, the additional deputy commissioner of Rajouri, and his two staff members were seriously injured when an artillery shell hit his residence, the officials told PTI.
They were rushed to the Government Medical College. Thapa succumbed to his injuries while the condition of his staff members is stated to be critical, according to the officials.
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah condoled Thapa's death.
"Devastating news from Rajouri. We have lost a dedicated officer of the J&K Administration Services. Just yesterday he was accompanying the deputy CM around the district & attended the online meeting I chaired.
"Today the residence of the officer was hit by Pak shelling as they targeted Rajouri town killing our Additional District Development Commissioner Sh Raj Kumar Thappa. I’ve no words to express my shock & sadness at this terrible loss of life. May his soul rest in peace," the chief minister said in a post on X.
Moreover, Abdullah attacked the "international community" for allowing funds to Pakistan.
"I’m not sure how the “International Community” thinks the current tension in the subcontinent will be de-escalated when the IMF essentially reimburses Pakistan for all the ordnance it is using to devastate Poonch, Rajouri, Uri, Tangdhar & so many other places," he said on X.
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