Srinagar, Aug. 7 -- For years, he used his modest online presence to amplify voices in pain: appeals for healthcare, community welfare requests, and obituary posts.

His words were brief, often unsigned, but they stayed with those who read them.

Then, he went silent.

That silence turned eternal on the afternoon of August 3, 2025.

G.A. Peer, 73, a retired Indian Administrative Service officer and former Commissioner Secretary to the Jammu and Kashmir government, died following complications from motor neuron disease.

The tributes that poured in were unusually personal for a civil servant. He was not just remembered for his titles but for how he carried them.

In his native village of Seer Hamdan in South Kashmir's Anantnag district, ne...