<p>In a departure from tradition, 25-year-old Madhu, the daughter of martyr Honorary Capt Fateh Singh who was killed in a gun battle with militants at the Pathankot airbase on January 2, was among the four to carry her father’s coffin to the pyre. <br /><br /></p>.<p>This is a tradition, rather a stereotype especially in villages, performed generally by the sons.<br /><br /> She chose to do it herself. A sea of emotions poured in at his native village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab where the last rites were performed. <br /><br />Madhu says her father never discriminated between sons and daughters. Fateh Singh won gold and silver medals in the first Commonwealth Shooting Championships held in 1995. <br /><br />He was on duty at the Pathankot base as part of the Defence Security Corps. Madhu said her father was on duty at 3 am that day just when they heard gun shots. <br /><br />The daughter says the moments were so scary that they hid themselves under the bed on the floor. That morning, she had lost her father who valiantly fought the terrorists.<br /> <br /></p>
<p>In a departure from tradition, 25-year-old Madhu, the daughter of martyr Honorary Capt Fateh Singh who was killed in a gun battle with militants at the Pathankot airbase on January 2, was among the four to carry her father’s coffin to the pyre. <br /><br /></p>.<p>This is a tradition, rather a stereotype especially in villages, performed generally by the sons.<br /><br /> She chose to do it herself. A sea of emotions poured in at his native village in Gurdaspur district of Punjab where the last rites were performed. <br /><br />Madhu says her father never discriminated between sons and daughters. Fateh Singh won gold and silver medals in the first Commonwealth Shooting Championships held in 1995. <br /><br />He was on duty at the Pathankot base as part of the Defence Security Corps. Madhu said her father was on duty at 3 am that day just when they heard gun shots. <br /><br />The daughter says the moments were so scary that they hid themselves under the bed on the floor. That morning, she had lost her father who valiantly fought the terrorists.<br /> <br /></p>