SIRMAUR: Tabish, a 17-year-old boy on Saturday recalled the horror of the assault he endured in Uttarakhand, when a shopkeeper attacked him late at night after he and his brother were speaking in Kashmiri, leaving him with serious head injuries and fractures.
Tabish told IANS about the attack: “My father had gone to Haryana that day. I was at home with my mother. Later, I went out and while returning at night, around 3:00–3:30 AM, I told my brother, ‘Let’s get something from the shop.’ While my brother and I were speaking in Kashmiri, the shopkeeper took offense. He then started shouting and abusing us. He later pushed me, then hit me from the side. When I turned around, he struck me again from behind.”
Tabish sustained serious head injuries and fractures.
Earlier on Friday, an official statement said Chief Minister Omar Abdullah took serious note of the incident and spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, urging strict action.