Archive · 7 Oct 2026
Nimrat Kaur Says Father’s Assassination Left Her Without Closure
Nimrat Kaur spoke about the loss of her father, Major Bhupender Singh.
She said he was kidnapped in Kashmir in 1994 while returning from work.
The people who took him pretended to be soldiers and made demands for seven days.
Kaur said her family then learned that he had been killed.
She remembered seeing him leave for work and later seeing him in a coffin.
A psychotherapist quoted in the article said grief does not always come with a clear ending or sense of closure.
People can keep missing someone even as they build happy lives.
They can feel joy and sadness at the same time.
Nimrat Kaur said she has found no closure after her father, Major Bhupender Singh, was assassinated in Kashmir in 1994.
She said her father was kidnapped while returning from a work assignment by people posing as soldiers.
The kidnappers made demands, including the release of other prisoners, over seven days.
Kaur said she last saw her father leave for work and next saw him in a coffin.
Singh was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra for his courage and refusal to comply with the terrorists’ demands.
- Who
- Actor Nimrat Kaur spoke about her father, Major Bhupender Singh, an Indian Army officer.
- What
- Kaur said she found no closure after her father was kidnapped and assassinated.
- When
- The assassination occurred in 1994; Kaur discussed it recently on the ANI podcast.
- Where
- Kashmir.
- Why
- The kidnappers made demands, including the release of other prisoners; Singh refused to comply with the terrorists’ demands.
- Father
- Major Bhupender Singh, an Indian Army officer
- Year
- 1994
- Location
- Kashmir
- Kidnapping
- Kaur said Singh was taken by people posing as soldiers while returning from a duty assignment.
- Duration
- The kidnappers made demands over seven days.
- Award
- Singh was posthumously awarded the Shaurya Chakra.
- Podcast
- Kaur shared her account with the ANI podcast.