The mortal remains of 19-year-old Tarishi Jain, who was among the 20 hostages killed in the terror attack in Dhaka’s Holey Artisan Bakery, was on Monday brought to Delhi by her family for the last rites.
The cremation was held at the Shiv Murti Cremation ground near IFFCO Chowk in Gurgaon’s Sector 29 on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway.
Central and state ministers were among those who paid tributes when the body arrived from Dhaka. Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma, Gurgaon Deputy Commissioner TL Satyaprakash and other officials received Tarishi’s mortal remains at Delhi’s IGI Airport earlier on Monday afternoon.
Sushma Swaraj had spoken with Tarishi Jain’s father Sanjeev Jain and confirmed the news on Twitter.
Tarishi was a 19-year-old student at California’s UC Berkeley who was on a vacation in Dhaka. Her father has been running a garment business in Bangladesh for the last 15-20 years.
Tarishi’s relatives said they were trying to get information about her ever since they heard about the attack as she’d gone to that restaurant with her friends for dinner. The relatives were informed about the death after 3 am.
We are assisting family members (of Tarishi Jain who was killed) who are travelling to Bangladesh. Also, it is learnt that one Indian doctor was among the hostages but was released as he spoke Bengali.MEA Sources
Twenty foreigners were brutally murdered with sharp weapons by suspected ISIS militants inside the Bakery before commandos launched an assault, killing six of the attackers and capturing one alive, ending Bangladesh’s worst terror attack.
Thirteen hostages were rescued, including one Japanese national and two Sri Lankans, the army said.
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PM Modi Condemned Attack
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned the attack, saying he spoke to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina expressing his grief.
Foreigners Were Specially Targeted
The attack marks a major escalation in a campaign by militants over the past 18 months that had targeted mostly individuals advocating a secular or liberal lifestyle in majority-Muslim Bangladesh.
The gunmen, who stormed the busy restaurant in Dhaka’s diplomatic area late on Friday night, ordered all Bangladeshis to stand up before they began killing foreigners, according to the police investigation.
Among the dead was the wife of an Italian businessman who was killed with a machete. She was found by her husband after he spent all night hiding behind a tree outside the cafe while the gunmen were inside, Agnese Barolo – a friend who lives in Dhaka and spoke to him – told Reuters.
The Italian foreign minister said the bodies of 9 Italians had been identified in the attack.
The killing of foreigners will likely shatter the confidence of the expatriate community in Bangladesh, many of whom work for multinationals in the country’s $26 billion garment sector that accounts for around 15 percent of the economy. Bangladesh is the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China.
Hasina Announced Two Days of Mourning
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced two days of national mourning for the victims of the Dhaka terror attack on Saturday.
Have faith in us, we are committed to defend our national identity. I invite all to unite in our fight against terror.Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister
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