Mother of jawan killed after Pahalgam attack passes away
Times of India | 20 August 2025
Tehatta (Nadia): Akiran Bibi (65), the mother of army jawan Jhantu Ali Sheikh who was killed in an encounter with terrorists in J&K in April, passed away at her home in Nadia's Tehatta on Tuesday morning. Her elder son, Rafiqul Sheikh, who is also in the army and posted in Kashmir, said the grief-stricken woman suffered a lot following Jhantu's death. She was under treatment at Command Hospital in Alipore, Kolkata, for a month.
Jhantu was killed on 24 April during a search operation in the Dude Basantgarh area, days after the terror attack in Pahalgam.
"My mother was diabetic. After the death of my brother Jhantu, she suffered a lot of psychological trauma. We brought her back home after she slipped into a coma. She died at home around 9.30am on Tuesday," Rafiqul said.