New Delhi: Thousands of people gathered at the India Gate on Saturday evening, expressing grief and outrage over the abduction and killing of 22-year-old Kashmiri army officer Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz by Hizbul terrorists on May 9.
#WATCH Massive crowd turns up to pay tribute to late army officer Lt. Ummer Fayaz at Delhi's India Gate, abducted and killed by terrorists pic.twitter.com/QJWFBZENqj? ANI (@ANI_news) May 13, 2017
Delhi: People pay tributes to late army officer Lt. Ummer Fayaz at India Gate, he was abducted and killed by terrorists pic.twitter.com/JpKUn7arq3? ANI (@ANI_news) May 13, 2017
Ummer Fayaz's father, Fayaz Ahmad, told CNN-News18 that he had lost his for the nation and "I am proud of him." "My son was a light that the terrorists extinguished, but my son has done his work."
Many tourists who flocked the area also spontaneously joined the march in the evening.
#COAS & All Ranks salute supreme sacrifice of Lt Ummer Fayaz at Shopian, J&K & offers condolences to the family members. pic.twitter.com/mVE1TnEND3? ADG PI - INDIAN ARMY (@adgpi) May 10, 2017
"If Kashmiris want to go with Pakistan, let them go. I am sure Kashmir will be left with nothing within a few months.
Cowardly murder of Lt Ummer Fayaz. Off'r was on leave, attending a family wedding. He trusted Kashmiriyat, Insaniyat & Sufiyat. pic.twitter.com/gegXOd4Fye? Rajyavardhan Rathore (@Ra_THORe) May 10, 2017
Fayaz, who studied at Navodaya Vidyalaya, a branch of government schools for gifted students, at Ashmuquam in South Kashmir, joined the Army after being commissioned in December last year. He belonged to the 129th batch of cadets from the prestigious Pune-based National Defence Academy.
This was for the first time that he had taken leave after joining the Army, a senior official said. He was supposed to have returned to his unit in the Akhnoor area of Jammu on May 25.
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