Shabir belonged to the Dab Wakoora village in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district. He had studied in the local Sainik School in Mansbal.
The army had been Shabir's passion, informed his tearful father Ghulam Hassan Malik, while bidding a final farewell to his son on Tuesday.
"All the martyrs are from the elite 1 Para (SF) Regiment," Brigadier Gurmeet Singh, Brigadier General Staff, 15 Corps told a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.
Image: Men carry the coffin containing Shabir's body.
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