Women’s commission condemns trolling of Pahalgam attack victim’s wife after her appeal for peace
The National Commission for Women has condemned the online abuse faced by Himanshi Narwal, wife of Indian Navy officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, who was killed in the April 22 terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam.
In her first public remarks following the attack, Himanshi Narwal had made an appeal for communal harmony. She was trolled on social media for her comments.
The commission said that trolling a woman for her ideological expression is “not acceptable in any form”.
Himanshi Narwal and Vinay Narwal had been married just a week before the attack.
The attack took place in the Baisaran area near Pahalgam. Militants fired at tourists, most of whom were from outside the state. The terrorists targeted tourists after asking their names to ascertain their religion, the police said. All but three of those who died were Hindu.
The two were on their honeymoon when the Navy officer was shot dead.
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