Anantnag, May 8 -- Father of Syed Adil Hussain Shah, the ponywalla who sacrificed his life while protecting the tourists during the Pahalgam terror attack, said on Wednesday that the military strikes on terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir have avenged his son's killing.

Shah's family expressed gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the armed forces for the retaliatory action.

"I am very happy today that the forces and (PM Narendra) Modi have avenged the killing of 26 persons. It makes me happy that those (victims) will rest in peace today," Shah's father, Syed Haider Shah, said.

Shah's brother, Syed Nawshad, said the prime minister has delivered his family and the families of the other 25 victims jus...