ranchi hours after the news of surgical strike at jem training camp in balakot in pakistan led by indian air force broke family members of crpf jawan vijay soreng who was martyred in the pulwama terror attack rejoiced for the first time since february 14 the slain jawans family in gumla and ranchi told toi that while the loss of vijay can never be compensated for the strike came as a solace to them dil ko thoda shanti mila subah khabar sunke the news of strike came as a bit of solace to my heart his widow karmila soreng said over phonei learnt that some 300 terrorists were killed in the air strike if it is true then india has avenged the dastardly act in which our jawans were killed it is high time that women across the border too feel the loss and pain like the widows of slained soldiers in india like me the government shouldnt stop here and continue the offensive from time to time the time for restraint is gone added karmila who works with jharkhand armed police jap and is posted in ranchiin gumla vijays elder brother sanjay said that after weeks of mourning it was time to celebrate aaj khushi manayenge sab milke we will celebrate together today he told reporters who had gathered outside their house vijays son rahul added if they pakistansponsored terrorists kill 40 of our jawans the army should eliminate 400 of theirs i thank pm modi for avenging the attack on crpf jawans in pulwama and elsewheremeanwhile leaders from across political sections also hailed the air strike celebratory rallies were taken out across the state by political social voluntary and business outfitschief minister raghubar das who was in delhi till afternoon on personal work said the strike has once again reaffirmed that india is safe under the leadership of narendra modi senior bjp leader arjun munda tweeted i heartily thank and bow before pm and indian army for this courageous step to enter in terrorist hideout to flush them out its high time we tell pakistan that if you do uri and pulwama india wont be a sitting duck and fly pigeons peace mascotopposition leaders thanked the action of the army but chose to avoid comments on the modi jmm working president hemant soren in a statement on social media said our brave indian air force men have replied to the pulwama attack by entering into their house to demolish them i thank and congratulate our army for this our army will always give a fitting reply to cowardly terrorist attackon the other hand various parts of the city such as albert ekka chowk upper bazaar hinoo kanke road reverberated with proarmy and proindia slogans members of several muslim outfits took out a procession from vikrant chowk till albert ekka chowk with the tricolour and hailed the surgical strike wholesale shop owners under the banner of shradhanand path dukandar samiti played with colours and distributed sweets among people at