Handwara (Jammu and Kashmir): He was 'Gavaskar' to his father and family, and 'Martin Guptil' to his friends. On Tuesday, before he was to leave for studies at a college in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, the budding Kashmir cricketer asked his friends to click as many of his photos as possible. Little did he know that pictures of his blood-soaked body were soon to splash across front pages of local newspapers.

The 19-year-old Nayeem Bhat was killed in a firing by security forces in this volatile north Kashmir town as protestors clashed with police over an alleged molestation bid by an army man.