Twenty two-year-old Ummer Fayaz Parray was allegedly abducted by militants in Shopian on 9 May. His body was found the following morning, riddled with bullet holes. Ummer was a lieutenant, the first from Kulgam in Kashmir, to be selected at the National Defence Academy. The son of an apple farmer, he was fond of playing sports and would have turned 23 in June.
A Lieutenant ranked army officer, identified as Ummer Fayaz Parray, was found dead in South Kashmir's Shopian district on Wednesday, police sources said.
Yes, you read correctly, some of our soldiers are forced to undergo humiliation by spreading handling and drying others’ undergarmets. These soldiers are called ‘Sahayaks’ or Buddies in the Indian Army. The Quint travels to Devlali Army cantonment, established during the British Raj in 1870, to dig into the abused Sahayak system. On 13 January, Army jawan Lance Naik Yagya Pratap Singh uploaded a video on social media describing the menial duties a Sahayak is entrusted with by the Army officers and their families. A few days later, an Army jawan contacted The Quint on Twitter and gave us a better look into the ignominy.
