Srinagar, June 10 (KNS): Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) leader and former legislator Rafi Ahmad Mir on Wednesday expressed deep shock and grief over death of a young boy Zaffar Ahmad who died in a landslide incident at Sallar-Pahalgam in district Anantnag.

In a statement issued to KNS, Mir extended solidarity with the bereaved family of Zaffar Ahmad son of Nisar Ahmad a resident of Sallar Pahalgam. “I on behalf of my party express my heartfelt condolences to the family that lost a promising youth in this tragic incident. May the departed soul rest in peace,” Mir said.

The JKAP leader urged the district administration Anantnag to extend all possible support in addition to the ex gratia relief to the bereaved family. “The bereaved family is already living in a state of penury. I appeal to Deputy Commissioner Anantnag to extend all possible financial help including ex-gratia relief and the Red Cross assistance to this family which has otherwise no source of permanent income to run its affairs,” the JKAP leader demanded.

Mir also urged the district administration to depute a team of revenue and soil conservation officials to take stock of the incident in order to prevent such mishaps in the area in future.(KNS)