As the tribute went viral on social media, it touched innumerable hearts in the strife-torn Kashmir Valley where killings have increasingly been reduced to statistics.

Shailendra Mishra of the Indian Police Service (IPS) was the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) in the troubled Shopian district when Javaid Ahmad Dar, popularly called JD, was abducted and murdered by militants in cold blood on this day last year. Mishra went on to describe how compassionate 27-year-old JD was.