'My Son Died, But Don't Stop Sending Your Own To Army', Says Slain Rifleman Aurangzeb's Father

Indian Army Rifleman Aurangzeb

It was supposed to be a happy occasion for the family, with everyone coming home to celebrate Eid. But as they prepared for the festival, a terrible news reached them, their son Aurangzeb, who was on his way home was abducted.

For the next few hours the family was praying that he will come back safe, but that did not happen. By night the news that they dreaded reached them, cops had found the bullet-ridden body of their son.

Aurangzeb, a rifleman with 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, who hailed from Poonch was killed by suspected terrorists, for his 'crime' of joining the Indian Army.

But the loss of his son has not dithered 55-year-old Mohammad Haneef, himself an ex-Indian army man.

Haneef has given the government an ultimatum of 72 hours to avenge the killing of his son.


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