Pulwama Martyrs’ Widows Manhandled by Rajasthan Police

Jaipur: Three widows of Pulwama martyrs were reportedly manhandled by Rajasthan police while they were demonstrating for their demands. Later on Monday, these war widows met former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, Sachin Pilot urging for justice.

These widows of martyrs alleged before the media, “The police have treated us very badly. Our husbands were martyred to protect the country. Shoot us too. But don’t misbehave,”

Pilot said, “Action should be taken against those responsible for the misbehaviour with war widows. The whole country has seen how the police treated the heroines. That is condemnable. This kind of misbehaviour with the heroines is unacceptable. Agreed that it may take time to fulfil the demands, but it is wrong to misbehave with the war widows. It is not right for the police to treat women whom we respect as heroes.”

“It is not right if the government says that there is no provision. When provisions for others can be changed, a way out can be found by changing the provision for these war widows too. Everything is possible if you have the will to work,” he added.

The three widows, who have taken up the tirade, are Manju, wife of Rohtash Lamba, who was martyred in the Pulwama attack, Madhubala Meena, wife of martyr Hemraj Meena and Sundari Devi, wife of Jeetrat Gurjar. They said “For the last seven days, we have been sitting without eating and drinking, but no one has taken care of us. When we started going to meet the Chief Minister, the police misbehaved with us so much that we cannot tell,” they added.

As per reports, on Monday afternoon the security personnel tried to stop the war widows who suddenly arrived at the official residence of Pilot located in Civil Lines (behind the Raj Bhavan).

On the other hand, the Congress-led Ashok Gehlot government was slammed after the incident. ‘Pulwama Widows Betrayed’ started trending on Twitter along with demand for the resignation of the Rajasthan CM.