Amarnath Bus Driver

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Bus driver Salim Shaikh from Gujarat, who saved many lives during the recent attack on Amarnath pilgrims, was today felicitated by a city-based organisation.

It was one of the worst attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times. Seven pilgrims, returning from the annual Amarnath Yatra in a bus with many others, were killed when terrorists opened fire on the vehicle on Monday night.

The Jammu and Kashmir government and Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) today separately announced rewards of total Rs 5 lakh for Sheikh Saleem Gafoor, the driver of the bus of Amarnath pilgrims which came under terror attack last night in Anantnag.

As a group of terrorists surrounded a bus with 61 Amarnath pilgrims on Monday night and fired indiscriminately, driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhaikept kept driving. In inky darkness, he drove on through the hail of bullets and didn't stop until he spotted an army camp.

The bodies of seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening were brought to Surat in Gujarat on Tuesday afternoon on a special plane. Most of the 19 people injured and other passengers of the bus that was attacked were also on the plane, as was its driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhai who kept driving as the t...

An Amarnath pilgrim and a local driver were killed and 23 others injured when their bus collided with a truck on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway today, officials said.

The bus driver from Gujarat who braved bullets fired by terrorists and saved the lives of 52 pilgrims in Jammu and Kashmir last year has been given the second highest gallantry award for civilians. Sheikh Salim Gafur's name figures right on top of the list of 13 people who have been awarded the 'Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak', an announcement by the ho...

Bus driver Salim Shaikh from Gujarat, who saved many lives during the recent attack on Amarnath pilgrims, was today felicitated by a city-based organisation.

It was one of the worst attacks in Jammu and Kashmir in recent times. Seven pilgrims, returning from the annual Amarnath Yatra in a bus with many others, were killed when terrorists opened fire on the vehicle on Monday night.

The Jammu and Kashmir government and Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) today separately announced rewards of total Rs 5 lakh for Sheikh Saleem Gafoor, the driver of the bus of Amarnath pilgrims which came under terror attack last night in Anantnag.

As a group of terrorists surrounded a bus with 61 Amarnath pilgrims on Monday night and fired indiscriminately, driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhaikept kept driving. In inky darkness, he drove on through the hail of bullets and didn't stop until he spotted an army camp.

The bodies of seven Amarnath pilgrims killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday evening were brought to Surat in Gujarat on Tuesday afternoon on a special plane. Most of the 19 people injured and other passengers of the bus that was attacked were also on the plane, as was its driver Sheikh Saleem Gafoor Bhai who kept driving as the t...

An Amarnath pilgrim and a local driver were killed and 23 others injured when their bus collided with a truck on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway today, officials said.