Srinagar, Sept. 17 -- Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti has demanded compensation and a government job to the family of a boy who was killed in a recent landmine blast near an Army camp in Anantnag district recently.
Mehbooba said the government must show compassion in the tragic case.
"Shahid Yousaf Mouche, a 12-year-old boy from Larnoo Kokernag, was fatally injured in a landmine explosion near the boundary wall of the Khundroo Army camp where he was living with his maternal grandparents.
"Despite being rushed to the Army Hospital in Srinagar, he succumbed to his injuries," Mehbooba said in a post on X last evening.
The former Chief minister said Shahid came from a poor family that has now been left heartbroken and struggli...