When Major Leetul Gogoi arrived at a polling station in Srinagar last month in response to an SOS from poll officials and security personnel trapped inside, his team was attacked by a 1000 -strong group of protesters, who hurled stones and petrol bombs at them. The Army officer had to act fast to evacuate the officials and others and that is when he decided, he said, to tie a protester, Farooq Ahmed Dar, to the bonnet of his jeep, which then led a convoy to safety.
