Tsewang Tharchin, a Kargil war veteran, was among the four people killed in police crackdown after protests erupted in Ladakh last week. His death has triggered a political storm, with the opposition Congress party slamming police action on him and other protesters. Police had opened fire on protesters, who had been calling for Ladakh's statehood and extension of Sixth Schedule protection to the region. Calling his son a patriot, Tharchin's father has expressed pain on his tragic passing.

What did Tharchin's father say on his death?

Tharchin's father, Stanzin Namgyal, 74, said: "My son was a patriot. He fought the Kargil war and was at the front for three months. He fought Pakistanis at Dah Top and Tololing. Pakistanis could not kill him, but our own forces have taken his life." Namgyal,

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