J&K's Nadimarg village remembers 24 Kashmiri Pandits killed by terrorists in 2003

SRINAGAR, 23 MARCH

- AGENCIES

Dozens of migrant Kashmiri Pandits gathered on Sunday at the Nadimarg village of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district to remember 24 members of the community brutally killed by the terrorists on this day in 2003.

The scars of that tragedy and the brutal murder of 24 unarmed civilians are etched deep in the mud houses that still stand as deserted reminders of the unforgettable tragedy that befell this village in 2003.

Lashkar-e-Taiyyba (LeT) terrorists swooned in this sleepy village on March 23, 2003, where local Muslims and Pandits had lived in harmony for hundreds of years.

Kashmiri Pandits, men, women and children, were dragged out of their homes around 11 p.m. They were made to stand in a line and shot in cold blood.

Twenty-one years have since passed, but whenever a local Muslim recalls that tragedy, tears roll out of his/her eyes as if the tragedy is happening right now.

For the first time since 2003, Kashmiri Pandits have decided to come to the village and pay tribute to the martyrs of this village on ground zero.