Irfan Ramzan Sheikh was awarded the Shaurya Chakra award for his bravery fighting off militants who attacked his home in Kashmir.
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00:00In the middle of October 16-17, 2017, terrorists surrounded the house of a political activist
00:24named Mohammad Ramzan Sheikh.
00:27When his 14-year-old elder son Irfan Ramzan Sheikh opened the door,
00:32he saw that there were only one rifle and three terrorists with a grenade in the courtyard.
00:38He showed great courage, fearing the danger on his family,
00:43and confronted them so that they could not enter the house.
00:47Meanwhile, when your father left the house, the terrorists attacked him.
00:53Without caring for a moment about your own safety,
00:57you attacked the terrorists to save the lives of your father and other family members.
01:04Your father was seriously injured by the blind bullets of the terrorists.
01:10Still, you did not lose courage and clashed with the terrorist who had blinded your father with bullets
01:18and injured him badly.
01:20When the terrorists tried to escape from there, you followed them.
01:26And in such a situation, they left the corpse of their fellow terrorist and ran away.
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