Bodies of local militants exhumed near LoC

Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, June 5: Bodies of two militants who were among 5 militants killed last week near Line of Control (LoC) in Tanghdar area of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district were exhumed today and handed over to parents.
The bodies were exhumed after formal orders from District Magistrate Kupwara. The bodies were handed over to the families.
The bodies were exhumed from Badwan village in Tanghdar in presence of district administration, police and local Auqaf, besides the families.
Body of Sheraz Ahmad Sheikh of Lajoora, Pulwama was exhumed and handed over to the legal heirs for proper burial.
The exhumation followed submission of applications by the families before the District Magistrate Kupwara seeing pictures of their kin through social media and later at Tanghdar police station.
The two were among 5 militants killed in an encounter with soldiers of 20 JAT along with three other associates on May 25.

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