Srinagar: Amid pro-freedom slogans, thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of two militants in Kulgam and Anantnag districts of south Kashmir on Friday.
The bodies of Zahid Rashid Bhat son of Abdul Rashid Bhat of Braihad, Katapora, Yaripora in Kulgam and Nissar Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Rasool Bhat of Krad Shangus, Anantnag were exhumed from the Machil sector in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday late evening and handed over to their respective families.
An official of the district administration told GNS that the permission for exhumation of the bodies was granted on Thursday after their DNA samples matched with their kin.
The bodies were later handed over to the next of their kin after exhumation, he said.
The exhumation followed submission of applications by the families before the District Magistrate Kupwara after they saw pictures of their kin through social media and later at the concerned police station.
The families have also provided DNA samples as part of the procedure for establishing identity.
As the bodies of the slain were taken to the respective graveyards, people from the neighbouring areas reached the respective villages at Braihad, Katpora,Yaripora and Krad, Shangus where they participated in the funeral prayers of the duo.
Both the militants were later laid to rest amid pro-freedom and anti-government slogans.
The army on June 6 claimed to have foiled an infiltration bid by killing three “unidentified militants” in Machhil sector. (GNS)
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