Married On 16th, Tragedy On 22nd: Navy Officer’s Wife Salutes Coffin
Married On 16th, Tragedy On 22nd: Navy Officer’s Wife Salutes Coffin
She got married to a Lieutenant in the Indian Navy and then left for Jammu and Kashmir for her honeymoon. Less than a week later, she found herself hugging her husband’s coffin, sobbing inconsolably and needing help to steady herself because of her grief – but then stood ramrod straight and gave him a farewell salute, shouting “Jai Hind”.
Lieutenant Vinay Narwal, 26, from Karnal in Haryana married Himanshi Narwal on April 16. The reception was held three days later and the couple left for Kashmir on Monday.
A day later, they were in the picturesque meadow of Baisaran near Pahalgam, enjoying ‘bhelpuri’ (a snack made of puffed rice), when a terrorist shot Lieutenant Narwal in the head. Blood splattered on her face, Himanshi could be heard saying in a video on Tuesday: “We were having bhelpuri when a man came and shot my husband.”
#WATCH | Delhi | Indian Navy Lieutenant Vinay Narwal's wife bids an emotional farewell to her husband, who was killed in the Pahalgam terror attack
The couple got married on April 16. pic.twitter.com/KJpLEeyxfJ
— ANI (@ANI) April 23, 2025
On Wednesday, Lieutenant Narwal’s body was brought to Delhi in a coffin and Himanshi stood beside it. “I pray that his soul rests in peace… We will make him proud in every way,” she sobbed, stopping to hug the coffin.
“It is because of him that the world is still surviving. And we should all be proud of him in every way… in every way,” she said, bowing repeatedly before the coffin – the officer’s peaked cap atop it – to pay her respects before being helped away by her family members.
She turns, appears to wipe away her tears, stands straight and composes herself before saluting her husband and saying “Jai Hind” as his colleagues from the Navy and others look on.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, who was also present, also saluted the coffin and spoke to Himanshi, condoling her loss.
