One Adil saved, while another Adil killed
Adil Thoker was one of the Pahalgam perpetrators who pumped bullets at the tourists, while his namesake, a pony rider who challenged the terrorists with bare hands and took bullets on his chest to save tourists, displayed immense courage
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Srinagar: While the families of Pahalgam terror attack victims struggle to hold back tears over their irreversible losses and an outraged nation awaits revenge, a contrasting tale of two Adils has surfaced from the valley.
Adil Hussain Thoker and Syed Adil Hussain Shah are two individuals with the same names, but their deeds put them on two sides of the Pahalgam tragedy.
Adil Thoker was one of the Pahalgam perpetrators who pumped bullets at the tourists, while his namesake, a pony rider who challenged the terrorists with bare hands and took bullets on his chest to save tourists, displayed immense courage. The dastardly terror attacks by heavily armed militants in Pahalgam’s Baisaran meadows on April 22 led to the brutal killing of 25 Indians and one Nepali national. The dastardly attack on civilians, one of the deadliest in the recent past, created horror and left the entire nation in shock and anger. Many eyewitnesses and the families of victims, narrating the horrifying tale of terror, said the terrorists appeared from behind the pine forests and opened fire from point-blank range after segregating them on the basis of religion. Syed Adil Hussain Shah was among the 26 deceased and the only local resident to fall victim to terrorists’ bullets.
