Ravi Khanna was an Indian Air Force squadron leader who was shot dead in Srinagar on 25 January 1990 by a group led by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik. Ravi Khanna’s name came into limelight in 2022 when his widow Nirmal Khanna approached the court on 12 March 2022 and appealed to remove or modify the scenes from the film ‘The Kashmir Files’ which depicted the murder of her husband. I went. He claimed that the scenes shown in the film were contrary to actual facts.
A scene from the film The Kashmir Files – The man playing the character of Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna
Contents
Wiki/Biography
Ravi Khanna was born in 1952 (age 38 years at the time of death).
Physical Appearance
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
parents and siblings
Ravi Khanna’s parents died soon after his assassination in 1990. While talking to a media house in 2019, his wife Nirmal Khanna had said that Yasin Malik ruined the lives of her family members. He said,
Yasin Malik not only killed my husband but also my mother-in-law, my father-in-law and my mother. My two children lost their childhood. Our happiness was snatched away in a moment. This terrorist turned our world upside down.”
wife and children
Ravi Khanna was married to Nirmal Khanna.
Nirmal Khanna, Ravi Khanna’s wife
She is a retired master grade teacher from the education department in Jammu and Kashmir. The couple have two children, a boy and a girl.
fateful day
In 2019, Ravi Khanna’s wife Nirmal Khanna recalled the day on 25 January 1990 when her husband had gone to office and was murdered by Yasin Malik amid curfew in Jammu and Kashmir. He remembered,
I lived in Rawalpora and our house was just 50 yards away from the crime scene. That morning, during the curfew, I heard the sound of firecrackers. Finally I went to the rooftop and saw some army vehicles and men in uniform. I went there to see what really happened and saw my husband’s briefcase with a bullet mark on it. “I realized something was wrong.”
She said that when she reached the murder site, Ravi Khanna’s body was lying soaked in blood. He said,
At some distance I saw my husband soaked in blood. I saw that he was shot in the stomach. Initially I felt embarrassed thinking that if my husband could not tolerate even a single bullet, how would our borders be safe.
Reportedly, Ravi Khanna was shot 27 times with an AK-47 assault rifle. He was taken to Badami Bagh Cantonment Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead. Doctors told that the terrorists had emptied an entire magazine on Ravi Khanna’s back. According to some media sources, there was a scuffle between Ravi Khanna and Yasin Malik after which Yasin Malik killed Ravi Khanna. Ravi Khanna’s colleague Flight Lieutenant BR Sharma, who was with him at the time, told Nirmal Khanna that Yasin Malik was the main culprit. Speaking to a media house, Nirmal Khanna said that BR Sharma told him that Ravi was politely showing the attackers the way to Nattipora and Yasin Malik fired at Ravi Khanna first. He further said that Yasin Malik emptied the entire magazine on Ravi Khanna’s back. He said,
They told me that Malik was leading the attackers and had asked my husband for directions to Nattipora. Ravi was giving him instructions in a friendly manner when Malik fired the first bullet into his stomach. After the scuffle, Malik emptied the entire magazine on my husband’s back.
Accusations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Later, Ravi Khanna’s wife Nirmal Khanna told a media house that she was surprised when in February 2006, Manmohan Singh joined hands with Yasin Malik and gave a national platform to a terrorist. She said she felt insulted. He said,
I did not expect him to join hands with any terrorist. Being a PM, he should know the difference between right and wrong. When Manmohan Singh shook hands with Malik, I felt a grave insult to my husband’s supreme sacrifice. It felt as if the whole world had made fun of me, but then they were in talks with him to carry out their Kashmir agenda.
Yasin Malik shaking hands with Manmohan Singh
Death
On January 25, 1990, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik shot dead Ravi Khanna in Srinagar.
Facts/General Knowledge
- At the time of Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna’s murder, his son and daughter were eight and six years old respectively. His mother, father and mother-in-law died soon after his murder. His wife Nirmal Khanna was thirty-eight years old when he died.
- Reportedly, Ravi Khanna was killed along with three other Indian Air Force personnel in the 25 January 1990 attack. The names of the three IAF personnel are Corporal DB Singh, Corporal Uday Shankar and Airman Azad Ahmed. In October 2019, Ravi Khanna’s name was placed on the War Memorial in New Delhi, which was earlier missed by mistake. This issue was raised by Ravi Khanna’s wife in September 2019. An officer said,
Their names were already there. Somehow by mistake Squadron Leader Khanna’s name was not there.”
- Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik is the prime accused in the killing of four Indian Air Force personnel, including Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna, on January 25, 1990. On 31 August 1990, Yasin Malik was detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation. (CBI) before the TADA court in Jammu for the murder of four Indian Air Force personnel. Later Yasin Malik was put in Tihar jail by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on charges of terror funding.
- While talking to the media, Squadron Leader Ravi Khanna’s wife said that she fought in the court to get widow pension. He added,
I have been denied war widow pension for a long time. Now, I feel accepted as a daughter of India. I had to struggle for a long time for war widow pension. But as a good citizen we should first know our duties and then take our rights.”
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