Rajni Bala (1987-2022) was an Indian government school teacher. He was shot dead in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir on May 31, 2022.
Wiki/Biography
Rajni Bala was born in 1987 (age 38 years; in 2022). He hails from Samba district in Jammu and Kashmir and holds a B.Ed degree.
Physical appearance
Hair Color: Dark brown
Eye Color: Dark brown
Family & Ethnicity
Rajni Bala belongs to a Kashmiri pandit family.
Husband & Son
Rajni is the wife of Raj Kumar who is also a government school teacher. The couple has a daughter named Sana who is thirteen years old.
Career
After completing his education, Rajni was appointed as a government school teacher in J&K. She and her husband were posted in two different schools in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir in 2009. Since 2017, she has been working in the Government High School in Gopal Pora. However, the settlement area was not safe, and Rajni, along with her husband, repeatedly requested the authorities to move them to a safer area.
Death
On 31 May 2022, Rajni goes to school with her husband and daughter, who leave after dropping her off. Rajni walks towards the main entrance of the school, where he is shot in the head by a terrorist.
Daughters and relatives of Rajni Bala in Samba after his death
This was the seventh targeted terrorist attack on Hindu civilians in Jammu and Kashmir in May 2022. It was Rajni’s last day at the school as their evacuation request was received the night before the attack. The reporter spoke to her devastated husband. He said,
If the administration had moved him to a safer place earlier, he might still be alive today. I cursed my fate. Just a day after his transfer, he was killed by terrorists.’
Rajni Bala’s body in his hometown
Facts/Trivia
- After this terrorist attack, protests were held by various Hindu civilians in Jammu and Kashmir demanding to be shifted to a safer location.
- Jammu and Kashmir schools decided to pay their respects to Rajni and observe a two-minute silence across the valley.
Categories: Biography
Source: SCHOOL TRANG DAI
