In Anantnag Encounter, India Loses 3 Bravehearts, 4 Children Their Fathers
NDTV
Reinforcements were sent to the scene, but the injured could not be immediately evacuated due to the terrorists' well-entrenched position and heavy gunfire.
When Major Ashish Dhonack said his goodbyes to his family, including his two-year-old daughter, to resume his duties in Kashmir one and a half months ago, he promised to return to Haryana's Panipat in October to help them move house. Weeks later, his body was being retrieved from the higher reaches of Anantnag's Kokorenag area.
Colonel Manpreet Singh, 41, commanding officer of the 19 Rashtriya Rifles (19 RR) and a recipient of the prestigious Sena Medal, spoke to his family, including a six-year-old son and a two-year-old daughter in Chandigarh, just hours before dying of gunshot wounds.
Himayun Bhat, son of retired Inspector General of J&K Police Ghulam Hassan Bhat, had become a father just a month ago. He was the third officer to die in an encounter with terrorists last night at Kokorenag.
