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Grief, anger all around, says Shanta Kumar

Grief, anger all around, says Shanta Kumar

Palampur Aprl 24 (UNI) Former Chief Minister and former Union minister Shanta Kumar said on Thursday that the entire country is shocked by the Pahalgam massacre. He said there was not only grief but also anger all around.
He said it is a harsh truth that local help facilitated foreign infiltration. He said the government has now arrested 1,500 suspects and they were being questioned.
Kumar said that a few months ago, four foreign terrorists were caught from Reasi and Bandipur and the names of terrorists were disclosed by them during interrogation and a large amount of arms and ammunition were also recovered from them.

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