'Mera Colonel shaheed ho gaya': Anantnag hero's mother is inconsolable

An Army commanding officer, a Major and a Deputy Superintendent of Jammu and Kashmir Police were killed in action during an encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday. 

The commanding officer, Colonel Manpreet Singh, was among the bravehearts. In the video, Singh’s mother can be seen inconsolable and saying, “Mera Colonel shaheed ho gaya, mere dil da tukda shaheed ho gya”. 

"I talked to him on Sunday at 3 pm. We wouldn't talk for a week sometimes. He was going to be transferred as he had been in Kashmir for four years,” said the wailing mother of the Army officer.

“Whenever I asked him to come home, he would say ‘I have a lot of work to do. How can I leave all the work and come, mom?”

Colonel’s father passed away in 2014. He also served in the army as an Other Rank (OR).