"My World Has Ended": Mother Who Lost Both Sons In Rajouri Terror Attack

Terrorists had struck Dhangri late in the evening on January 1, targeting three homes before fleeing the scene.

Four years after she lost her husband to illness came a blow so devastating she might never recover. Saroj Bala's two sons were among the seven people killed when terrorists struck their village in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, shattering every dream, smashing all hope.

On Sunday, her 21-year-old son Prince Sharma lost his battle for life and died at Jammu's Government Medical College hospital where he had been admitted with bullet injuries after the January 1 attack in Dhangri village. New Year's Day was also when his brother, 27-year-old Deepak, was killed when terrorists opened fire at their home.

The grief of losing her second son even as she was mourning the first has left her heartbroken.

“I have been left alone. Who will talk to me now? My world has ended. I have lost everything in life,” the inconsolable Bala said as the mortal remains of her younger son were consigned to flames at the Dhangri cremation ground on Sunday.