Six hours to the end: When parents, cops tried to get Hizb terrorist to surrender

DIALGAM (J&K): It was a six-hour denouement that resulted in a hail of bullets -- and a tender guy, slightly out of his teens, lifeless inside of a house surrounded by means of safety body of workers while his folks who had tried to talk him into surrendering waited nearby for news of the inevitable.
Rauf Khanday, believed to be a Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, was killed within the pre-dawn darkness of Sunday at Dialgam village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. But he was no longer simply another statistic, said officers provide on the spot because the hours dragged on and he confirmed no signs of surrendering.

Khanday, who had simply handed his first 12 months of commencement, was one of the two males holed up in a house within the village.

The starting of his finish began round 11 pm on Saturday when the police wireless buzzed. It was an intercept about the presence of 2 terrorists inside of a house. After ascertaining the identity of the terrorists, the house was cordoned off by means of safety body of workers and they were requested to give up, said an legitimate.

One of the terrorists, whose identity has no longer been disclosed, did so straight away leaving younger Khanday inside of, bring to an end from the remainder of the sector.

Piecing together Khanday's remaining hours, officers recounted that a telephone was handed directly to Khanday so a conversation may just start.

Then followed the hours of looking to talk to him, explanation why with him or even bringing in his folks so they may convince him to give up.

"It is always a tough call. I was pretty sure that the parents will be able to convince Khanday and he will come out and surrender. But destiny willed it otherwise," said Senior Superintendent of Police, Anantnag, Altaf Ahmed Khan.

"I tried everything that is possible to make him surrender. But every effort of mine was stonewalled by the young boy, who had been brainwashed," he said.

Asked what had transpired, Khan, who has previous headed districts like Shopian and Sopore, said he spoke to Khanday to grasp his mental state of mind and located he had interpreted various religious books wrongly.

"I narrated verses from Holy Quran and advised him that whatever he was doing was against the teachings of Islam. The conversation continued for over 30 minutes during which Khanday got agitated and abusive. But I ignored all this because my intention was to save him from getting killed," Khan recalled.

Listening to all of the conversation were the commanders outdoor, their eyes fastened at the house the place Khanday was hiding, said an legitimate.

Around 1 am on Sunday, Khanday said he wanted to talk to his mother for which permission was granted.

"I sent a police team to his native place seven kilometres away. Security personnel escorted his father Bashid Ahmed Khandey and mother to the site so that they could persuade him to come out and surrender," said Khan.

"We were so desperate to save his life that we all agreed to his mother's request to take him home if he surrenders," he added.

Both folks went inside of to talk to their son, raising hopes that there might not be any bloodshed.

They got here out after half-an-hour, melancholy writ massive on their face.

"I missed a heartbeat. A chill ran down my spine as we had to perform our final job now and fight him out," Khan said.

A commander provide on the encounter website online apologised to the parents, who knew the fate awaiting their son.

"I sent the parents to my place as they were quite nervous, especially the mother... I refused to give up," said Khan.

It was past three am now and Khan made but another bid to have interaction with Khanday. He requested a small staff to see if there could be a back door entry into the house so safety body of workers may just overpower him.

Khan said Khanday fired at him when instructed that he was entering the house unarmed and would best interact in talks with him. Following this, safety body of workers started the general onslaught, killing Khanday.

"I tried my best but all efforts failed," Khan said in a choked voice.

Director General of Police SP Vaid made a special point out about Khan's efforts to save lots of Khanday all the way through a press conference at the 3 counter-insurgency operations within the valley that left 13 terrorists, 3 Army jawans and 4 civilians lifeless the day prior to this.