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SRINAGAR, Jun 23: Eight months on, his son\u2019s dying words, calm and reassuring even as he took his last breath, still reverberate. \u201cI am hit\u2026Please don\u2019t panic,\u201d DSP Humayun Bhat told his father, retired Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police<\/a> Ghulam Hasan Bhat, over the phone.That was September 13 last year. Humayun called his father from Kokernag in south Kashmir after a gunfight with terrorists that eventually claimed the lives of four security personnel. The call lasted just 13 seconds.
\nToday, a month away from his grandson Ashar\u2019s first birthday, Ghulam Bhat remembers the son who went too early, memories that come back to hit even stronger when he sees the child who will never know his father.
\n\u201cWhen I see Ashar crawling, I remember my son Humayun. I wish Humayun could have lived longer. Next month is Ashar\u2019s first birthday. He didn\u2019t live long enough to see even that,\u201d Ghulam Bhat said.
\nThe former IGP, who dedicated 34 years to the police force, recounts in detail that last phone call, the 13 seconds at 11.48 am that will live in his memory forever.
\n\u201cPapa I am hit. I have been hit in the abdomen,\u201d Humayun said. And then added after a pause, \u201cPlease don\u2019t panic.\u201d The phone got cut after that.
\nBut panic the father did.
\n\u201cIt is easier said than done. I guess those were the most difficult moments of my life because I was not sure what was happening till I reached 92 Base Hospital of the army in Srinagar waiting for my injured son,\u201d he said. Security forces personnel are always brought to the hospital<\/a>.
\nAround 3.30 pm came the next call he had been dreading.
\n\u201cI was constantly in touch with senior officers of the police. Around 3.30, then DIG of South Range sent me a picture of Humayun been brought down the hillside on a makeshift stretcher.\u201d
\nIt took several hours more for the slain deputy superintendent of police\u2019s body to be brought from Kokernag to the Srinagar hospital about 100 km away.
\nThat walk down the hospital corridor with his wife was the longest, most agonising ever. The distance from Kokernag and Srinagar was over 100 km and it seemed endless, till he reached.
\n\u201cSomehow I knew what was in store for me but I was hoping against hope that probably I would be able to see my Humayun talking,\u201d Ghulam Bhat said, tears rolling down his cheeks.
\nDespite his profound grief, he said he finds solace in the courage and selflessness displayed by his son who sacrificed his life for the nation.
\nThe elderly couple wait every week to meet their grandson Ashar and daughter-in-law Fathima who stay near Kashmir university as she is working there.
\n\u201cShe has got a job in Kashmir university and stays near the workplace. The decision was hard but had to be taken as Fathima was slipping into depression as everything here in this house made her remember her husband.
\n\u201cShe would go through all the text messages endlessly and finally I had to change her phone. The last message from him to his wife was, \u2018I am so sorry. Take care of Ashar\u2019,\u201d the senior Bhat said.
\nHumayun had successfully cleared bank exams and later the state service commission to join as a social welfare officer. He joined the police force after he got selected in the Kashmir Police Service in 2018.
\n\u201cHe had a passion for the police force, maybe because he grew up seeing me. Humayun was definitely the dream child of every parent. He was never argumentative with me but was close to his mother Haleema,\u201d Ghulam Bhat said.
\nHumayun\u2019s brother Dr Hanaan, a veterinarian, regularly visits his brother\u2019s grave, finding comfort and companionship in their shared memories and brotherly bond.
\nHumayun rests in a cemetery just 150 metres from the family home.
\n\u201cI find a lot of solace when I sit next to his grave. I convey my complaints, share everything that brothers share. After all he was not only my elder brother but a friend or closest buddy,\u201d Hanaan said, teary and smiling.
\nAnd that\u2019s how life is for them. Tears, a loss that will never quite go away but also a smile in memory of the man who brought them so much joy and is a fallen hero.
\nIn September last year, security forces received intelligence inputs about the presence of hardcore terrorists in the dense forests surrounding Gadool village of Kokernag in south Kashmir\u2019s Anantnag district.
\nA joint operation was launched on the intervening night of September 12 and 13, 2023 to nab the terrorists. Sensing danger, the terrorists fired at the troops in a bid to escape. A fierce gunbattle ensued with heavy exchange of fire from both sides.
\nHumayun, Col Manpreet Singh, Major Aashish Dhonchak and Sepoy Pardeep Singh received bullet injuries and were severely injured. They later succumbed to the injuries.<\/p>\n

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SRINAGAR, Jun 23: Eight months on, his son\u2019s dying words, calm and reassuring even as he took his last breath, still reverberate. \u201cI am hit\u2026Please don\u2019t panic,\u201d DSP Humayun Bhat told his father, retired Jammu and Kashmir Inspector General of Police Ghulam Hasan Bhat, over the phone.That was September 13 last year. 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