Heartbreaking Moment J&K Cop's Mother Tears Up While Receiving Shaurya Chakra On His Behalf

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Bilal Ahmad Magray had shown indomitable courage in evacuating civilians and engaging terrorists despite being seriously injure

The soul-stirring clip also shows security personnel escorting the elderly woman while consoling her during the heartfelt moment

A sobbing Sara Begum received the Shaurya Chakra, the country's third-highest gallantry award for peacetime, on behalf of her son and Jammu and Kashmir Special Police Officer Bilal Ahmad Magray. He died in the line of duty in an anti-terror operation in 2019.

A video shared by ANI shows Sara Begum struggling to hold back tears as the voiceover narrated how her son bravely fought during a security operation.  

 The event was the defence investiture ceremony which was held on Tuesday. Bilal Ahmad Magray had shown indomitable courage in evacuating civilians and engaging terrorists despite being seriously injured during the operation in Baramulla in 2019, ANI reported. 

The soul-stirring clip also shows security personnel escorting the elderly woman while consoling her during the heartfelt moment. 

After receiving the award from President Ram Nath Kovind, Sara Begum greeted senior ministers seated behind her. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, apparently moved by the occasion, was seen consoling the elderly woman before she walked away with her son's award in her hand.

The citation for the award said how her son Bilal Ahmad Magray evacuated civilians and engaged terrorists despite being seriously injured in the security operation. 

"Shri Bilal Ahmad Magray volunteered himself to the room intervention operational party and thereby to evacuate the entrapped civilians from the target house and to neutralize the terrorist. When SPO Bilal Ahmad was evacuating the civilians, the hiding terrorist lobbed a number of hand grenades and fired indiscriminately upon him and his operational colleagues, resulting in serious injuries to him and party commander SI Shri Amar Deep and also one civilian namely Sonu Lal," the citation added.