Srinagar, Nov 19: The body of a Kashmiri labourer killed in the November 10 blast near the Red Fort in Delhi reached his native village in Ganderbal district on Wednesday.
Bilal Ahmad Sagoo, belonging to Baba Nagri Wangat village in Ganderbal district, was killed when Dr Umar Nabi exploded his explosive-laden car near the Red Fort in Delhi, in which 13 civilians were killed and many others injured. Two more injured persons have died subsequently taking the death toll to 15.
Bilal Ahmad Sagoo had moved to Delhi to work there as a labourer to support his family in the remote Baba Nagri Wangat village.
MLA Kangan, Mian Mehr Ali, was among the people who received the body in Wangat village and attended the funeral of the victim.
Speaking to the media in Baba Nagri, Mian Mehr Ali said that the poor villager was working as a labourer in Delhi to support his family.
“He was a poor man, and we have supported his family in the past and will continue to support them in the coming days. The chief minister, Omar Abdullah Sahib, has already requested the Central government to compensate the family of the poor Kashmiri. Omar Sahib has already said that every Kashmiri should not be viewed with suspicion, and the death of Bilal Ahmad Sagoo proves that Kashmiris are victims and not beneficiaries of terrorist acts,” Mian Mehr Ali said.
