By Maseera Shaik & Aditya Menon
Remember the picture of a shocked and grieving wife sitting beside the dead body of her husband, shot dead by terrorists at the Baisaran meadow on 22 April?
This was an image which became symbolic of the barbarity of the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 unarmed people were killed.
Less than 10 days later, the same woman – Himanshi Narwal, widow of the murdered Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal – is being subjected to the most vile and malicious comments on social media. Why? All because she chose to make a statement appealing against hate attacks.
Attending a blood donation camp in Karnal organised in honour of the victims on Thursday, Himanshi said:
We don’t want people to go after Muslims and Kashmiris. We want peace and only peace. Of course, we want justice. The people who have wronged him should be punished”.
Her statement was posted on X by different news agencies. These are some of the comments that they received:
“She will take away her in-laws’ properties and any money the government gives her.”
“It appears she may have gotten her husband killed with the help of her Muslim terrorist boyfriend.”
This story was originally published in thequint.com. Read the full story here.