Srinagar: The father of a militant Tuesday died of cardiac arrest after hearing rumours that his son was among the militants trapped in an encounter with government forces in Shopian district, police said.
Mohammad Ishaq Naikoo reportedly suffered a massive heart attack after being told that his son Zeenat Naikoo was among the militants trapped in the cordon of government forces at Kudullan in Shopian this morning, a police official said.
Naikoo senior, a resident of Meemandar in Shopian, was taken to a hospital where doctors declared him dead, the official said.
Zeenat, who has reportedly joined militant ranks two months ago, was not among the two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants, killed in the encounter.
The slain militants were identified as Sameer Ahmad Sheikh, a local, and Babar from Pakistan, police said.