Pak drone attack victim from Ferozepur succumbs to injuries
Ferozepur, May 14 -- Sukhwinder Kaur, 50, one of the three members of a family injured in a Pakistani drone strike at Khai Pheme Ke village in Punjab's border district of Ferozepur on May 9, succumbed to her injuries at Dayanand Medical College and Hospital (DMCH) in Ludhiana on Monday night.
Sukhwinder is Punjab's first civilian casualty of the recent cross-border drone strikes carried out by Pakistan. With this, the toll in the Pakistani shelling and drone attacks on Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab following Operation Sindoor targeting terror camps on May 7 has touched 26.
Ferozepur deputy commissioner Deepshikha Sharma said Sukhwinder had suffered 100% burns after debris from a Pakistani drone, intercepted by India's air defence system, fell on their car sparking a fire that injured the family of three.
The condition of Sukhwinder's husband, Lakhwinder Singh, 55, who suffered 70% burns, remains critical at DMCH.
Their son, Jaswant Singh, 24, who was injured in the legs from the debris, is undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Ferozepur and is on the road to recovery.
The attack occurred around 9pm on May 9 in the border village 12km from Ferozepur. It was part of a broader series of drone incursions from Pakistan that targeted 26 locations across northern India, including multiple attempts thwarted in Ferozepur and Fazilka districts.
Sukhwinder's body will be brought to her native village for the last rites later on Tuesday.
While initially, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Singh Mann had announced an ex-gratia grant of Rs.5 lakh for the bereaved family, it was raised to Rs.10 lakh following the family's protests.
The CM said Rs.5 lakh will be given from chief minister's relief fund while Rs.5 lakh will be given by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjeev Arora. The family, however, demanded Rs.1 crore compensation, official recognition as a 'war martyr', and a government job for a family member. The kin, along with other protesters, were sitting on dharna at Khai Pheme Kee village at time of going to print....
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