Saleem Gafur Shaikh, the driver from Gujarat who saved the lives of 52 people by showing exemplary alacrity and presence of mind when terrorists attacked his bus carrying Amarnath pilgrims in July last year, was on Wednesday honoured with Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak, the second highest gallantry award for civilians.
Saleem, who was returning from Amarnath with 60 pilgrims aboard his bus on the evening of July 10, 2017, drove at full speed in the dark, manoeuvring the vehicle with a flat tyre in dangerous mountainous terrain for more than two km as bullets kept whizzing by.
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Shaikh stopped only when the bus reached a safe spot near a security post. Eight pilgrims were killed and seven others suffered bullet injuries in the terror attack at Batengoo in Anantnag.
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