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| Rukhsana lands in Delhi, honoured for her valour | | |
ABID SHAH
New Delhi, Oct 2: Days after slaying a dreaded Lashkar terrorist and chasing away his cohorts, the brave Rajouri girl, Rukhsana Kausar, arrived here today along with her no less valiant brother, Ejaz. Their uncle Nazir Hussain, accompanied the siblings. And the family appeared soon at a felicitation held in their honour to overwhelm those present with awe, admiration, respect and rapt attention that often broke to give way to thunderous applause.
“It is like India coming together today and getting vindicated in its fight against terror, courtesy Rajouri Ki Rani whose valour takes us back to remind of Jhansi Ki Rani of yore,” declared Maninderjit Singh Bitta, chairman of All-India Anti-Terrorist Front and himself a victim of a terrorist attack way back in the nineties when he lost a leg besides colleagues in the Youth Congress at the hands of Punjab terrorists.
A calm 18-year-old Rukhasana seated with only a year older brother rose to speak about the fateful moments that catapulted her from a frail girl living in the anonymity of a village near Rajouri in Jammu to a virtual cynosure of India. She called for arms training and weapons for law abiding and yet defenceless youth like her to face desperados like Abu Osama who was killed by her along with Ejaz in a spur of moment that brought courage to both of them in the wake of merciless assaults made by him and his two accomplices on their parents.
An axe lying in their modest abode came to their help and soon Osama’s rifle was in her hands. She did not know how to fire yet pulled the trigger repeatedly pumping a dozen bullets into her tormenter who has been trying to force her into marriage and on refusal had raided their house.
Mr Bitta called the incident a turning point for the terror ridden Jammu and Kashmir and recalled history that is strewn with similar instances of courage and fortitude on the part of freedom loving patriotic Indians right from the times of the late Bhagat Singh who never shied away from putting their lives on stake in the wake of tyranny, oppression and subjugation of the country and its people. Among others, he mentioned the late Ashfaqullah Khan and valiant Company Quarter Master Havildar Abdul Hamid who was posthumously honoured with the highest gallantry award, Param Vir Chakra, in this regard.
He honoured Rukhsana with an award of Rs 1 lakh which he called as a small help, draped her uncle with a shawl and offered the family a sword that is considered to be an insignia of unreserved affection and recognition as per Sikh and Punjabi traditions.
Mr Bitta called upon the both Jammu and Kashmir and Central governments to ensure safety, security, honour and well being of what he called a trend setting and exemplary family vis-à-vis fight against long drawn terror and siege faced by Jammu and Kashmir
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