Slain J&K cop's daughter's last trip to tuition leaves her scarred for life
India Today
The daughter of the killed Jammu and Kashmir cop is scarred for life after her last trip to tuition classes with her father.
The shell-shocked nine-year-old daughter of police constable Saifullah Qadiri often breaks down as she remembers her father and is overcome with regret for asking him to accompany her for tuition classes on May 24, the day he was gunned down by terrorists.
A student of class 3, Syed Safa Qadiri's world came crashing down as she witnessed terrorists pumping bullets into her father.
With a bandaged hand, Safa, who also received gunshot wounds, is unable to come out of the nightmarish experience and is often seen gazing at the ceiling of her room with questions like "mere papa jannat mein gaye honge na (My father must have gone to heaven)", says her mother Rabia.
"She (Safa) often breaks down regretting why she insisted her father to accompany her for tuition classes on that fateful day," Rabia said.
Qadiri, a constable with the Jammu and Kashmir Police, was shot dead by terrorists outside his home in the Anchar area on the outskirts of Srinagar.
"I was in the kitchen when some neighbours brought Safa from outside with her clothes drenched in blood. We rushed her to a hospital where I saw my husband being rushed on another stretcher, pulling the rug from under my feet. Concerned with Safa's condition, I did not realise then that the target was my husband," Rabia said as she broke down in tears.
Asked about her arm, Safa bravely says in a choked voice, "I am fine...at times it pains a bit but I am the daughter of a brave policeman."
