Srinagar Sep 5 (IANS) Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday announced he will help educate "for lifetime" the daughter of slain Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Abdul Rashid.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Rashid was killed by militants in Anantnag town on August 28. The picture of his seven-year-old Zohra wailing after his death has come to represent the tragedy faced by Kashmir s children.
Gambhir said on his Twitter handle: "Zohra plz don t let those tears fall as I doubt even Mother Earth can take the weight of your pain. Salutes to ur martyred dad.
"Zohra... I ll help you to wake up to live ur dreams. Will support your education for lifetime #daughterofIndia."
Rashid was shot and rushed to a hospital in Anantnag and then shifted to an Army Hospital. But he succumbed to his injuries.
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