In Arunachal Pradesh, family members of 30-year-old Corporal Tage Hailyang, who was killed in the Pahalgam terror attack, thanked the Indian armed forces and the government for Operation Sindoor, while expressing hope that the security forces remain safe.
“We have been watching the news since the morning, and there is a sense of justice in knowing that there has been considerable damage done to terrorist groups operating there. We thank the Indian government and forces for this action. We want justice for all the families who lost their loved ones that day. We also hope that there will not be any losses to our forces in any action now by Pakistan,” said his younger brother Tage Lilang, while speaking to .
Tage Hailyang, from Arunachal Pradesh’s Lower Subansiri district, was a corporal in the Indian Air Force’s Srinagar base and had joined the force in 2017. He married Charo Kamhua around a year ago and had just been transferred to Assam.
He was on a holiday with her before joining the Air Force base at Dibrugarh when the Pahalgam attack occurred. Another brother of his, Tage Mali, serves in the Indian Army. Since the incident, their village of Tajang has been mourning the loss.
Another brother of his, Tage Taka, said that Charo Kamhua is still in shock. “He was killed in front of her eyes. We will be grieving this for a long time. We are seeing on TV that some action was taken in response to this, but we will get satisfaction when the main perpetrators who had that day are caught and brought to justice,” he said.
In Visakhapatnam, the family of retired SBI employee J S Chandramouli also got some closure. “Our armed forces did a great job. It provides some sense of justice. This operation was required,” said B Nageswara Rao, his brother-in-law. “While we uphold peace and oppose violence in principle, inaction in the face of such heinous acts is not an option.”
Chandramouli and his wife Naga Mani had gone on a vacation to Kashmir with two other senior citizen couples when the attack took place. They arrived in on April 18 and were supposed to return on April 26 after visiting several tourist destinations in Kashmir.
Chandramouli was initially reported missing, but his bullet-riddled body was found later. He had celebrated his 68th birthday a week before going on vacation.
