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| Bravery trivialized | | Rukhsana again in Delhi, says thanks to SPO rank | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 3: In new turn of events, the Rajouri girl shot in national limelight for killing a militant, has refused to accept the job of a Special Police Official in Jammu and Kashmir Police and said that she wants to be out of Rajouri for her own and family’s security.
Rukhsana Kausar, along with her family members –bother, father and mother, was today again at the prime time of national hookup with courtesy of Anti-Terrorist Front chief Maninderjeet Singh Bitta. She was addressing a Press Conference in Delhi, the second since she killed a militant on September 27. Both events were organized by Bitta.
Rukhsana, who has been appointed as a special police officer in Jammu and Kashmir Police along with her brother and uncle for her bravery, said at the press meet that she wants a Central government job, "ideally in the CRPF".
"I am ready to sacrifice myself for the country. I am ready to do any job for my country, but it should be a permanent central government employment. The SPO's job is a temporary one," she said.
Rukhsana also dismissed reports that she wants to settle in Delhi, but said she should be given a job outside Rajouri as living there is not safe for her family. She cited the revenge attack on her house by militants last week.
Flanked by her family -- brother Aijaz and parents Noor and Rashida -- the girl who earned the sobriquet of "braveheart", recalled how she along with her brother killed a top Pakistani militant of the LeT and injured another after a group of ultras barged into their house in Shahdra Sharief of Rajouri district on September 27.
"At around 9 pm, they had knocked our doors. They forced my parents to open the door and started beating them up," Rukhsana said. She recalled how she and 18-year-old Eijaz scuffled with the militants, hit them with an axe and killed one of them after snatching his AK-47 rifle.
Rukhsana, whose bravery had came in for praise from President Pratibha Patil and Home Minister P Chidambaram, said children should be given military training and made aware of how terrorists were wreaking havoc. "Kashmir is ours and will be so. We will fight the militants," she said.
Asked whether she is ready to join the army if given a chance, she said "yes". To a question, Rukhsana said no major political leader had come to meet her after the incident.
Eijaz said he also wants a Central government job. He said the family is not safe is Rajouri. "Some people asked me if I will be going to my house on October 29. I said yes, after which the grenade attack came at the night."
Anti-Terrorist Front chairman M S Bitta, who presented a Saibaba idol to Rukhsana and posed carrying swords with the family, said the girl should be given a job in CRPF or BSF.
He alleged that "big political leaders" were shying away from meeting Rukhsana and no official other than the Rajouri SSP has came to her aid. A Maharashtra university was to award her, but scrapped the plan due to a "terror threat", he said.
"Why the BJP, which talks of tough stand against terror, has not honoured her," he asked adding, he has a feeling that Rukhsana was not getting her due as she is a Muslim.
Rukhsana's mother Rashida said she is proud of her daughter and wants her to work for the country.
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