Panchkula, Feb. 11 -- Ferozepur native, Narinder Kumar, believed he had left the worst behind when he managed to survive Punjab's militancy years. But little did he know that his son, born in the new millennium, would meet the fate many during those years had met - being cruelly snatched from the families in the prime of their youth.

Narinder's son, Prince Kumar, 25, had gone to help a friend who had got embroiled in a road rage in Dhakoli, Zirakpur, last week, when he was shot dead. "We struggled our whole life. We moved from Ferozepur (Punjab) to Rajasthan when things started getting tough in the 80s. When the situation improved, we moved to Talwandi Sabo before finally settling at Panchkula. We managed to survive those dark days, but ...