Video: Retired Cop's 10 Steps Of Pain After Son Killed In J&K Encounter
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Himayun reportedly suffered heavy injuries in Anantnag gunfight and succumbed due to heavy blood loss.
Ghulam Hassan Bhat led the police force in Jammu and Kashmir, among the toughest jobs in the country. But nothing could have prepared him for those 10 steps he took last evening. Those steps led him to the body of his young son Himayun, a senior police officer killed in an encounter with terrorists in Kashmir's Anantnag.
A video of Mr Bhat walking up to Himayun's body and laying a wreath on it has shattered hearts. The retired cop's composure despite his crushing loss, his heavy steps and a short pause for one last time at his departed son sum up the human cost of terrorism.
Himayun Bhat, a deputy superintendent with Jammu and Kashmir Police, was among their senior security officers killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Anantnag. Colonel Manpreet Singh from Chandigarh and Major Ashish Dhonack from Haryana also lost their lives in the encounter that is still on.
