PAHALGAM WEARS DESERTED LOOK AMID TOURIST EXODUS

Except forces' movement, shops & restaurants, earlier brimming with visitors, remain shut

- FAYAZ WANI @ Gulmarg

"I am very proud of my son Peerzada Adil Shah, a horse rider who took bullets and laid down his life to save the lives of tourists." These are the words of the young man's father, Syed Hyder Shah, as he mourns his death. Adil, a horse rider, took three bullets when he tried to snatch a rifle from one of the terrorists during the attack on tourists at Pahalgam health resort's Baisaran meadow, also known as mini Switzerland, on Tuesday.

Twenty-five tourists were also killed in the militant attack, causing massive outrage in J&K and across the country.