India, May 7 -- Pahalgam terror attack victim Shubham Dwivedi's wife Ashanya on Wednesday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the strikes on Pakistan by the armed forces adding that the prime minister showed the families were not alone in their grief.

"My message is not for any country - it is for the terrorists who hide in Pakistan. You tried to destroy 26 families by taking away our sindoor. You thought we would live shattered lives. But you were wrong. We are daughters of India. Our Prime Minister is our guardian, and through Operation Sindoor, he has shown us that we are not alone", Ashanya said.

The reaction came on the day when security forces launched 'Operation Sindoor' against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied...