Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Teenage Brave Girl in J & K

When militants barged into her home in the dead of night, beat her parents senseless and turned on her, Rukhsana decided she wouldn’t go down without a fight.

Mustering all her courage, the frail 18-year-old managed to get her hands on an axe, attacked one of them with it and then shot him dead with his own gun.

She had never fired — let alone held — a gun before

The dead man turned out to be Lashkar e Toeba commander Abu Usama. His two accomplices managed to escape.

Recalling the terror that unfolded on Sunday (Sep. 27, 2009) in her home in Rajouri (J & K), Rukhsana said the terrorists accused her father of being an informer and rained blows on him and her mother.

When Ruksana saw her parents lying unconscious, she thought they’d died. A divine force gave her the courage to pull down the terrorist by his hair, hit him with the axe and snatch his rifle.”

The police were tightlipped about the motive of the militants but said Rukhsana would be rewarded for her courage.

Rukhsana’s story is a sign of the changing times — militants once sheltered by locals are now losing support.

4 comments:

  1. Amit, very interesting blog. No doubt, its clearly reflecting your diverge interests as well as concerns, starting from scientific to social. No need to mention that one can surely have a flavor of your special interest for literature.

    Keep it up

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  2. Fantastic collection of blogs.Story of BHAU is really appreciative and you are so nice poet......

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  3. @ Avinash.... Thanx a lot... I will try to put such real stories in future too... Thanx once again...

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