Baramulla/Aug, 25: The body of a militant from Langate was exhumed on Saturday evening, after more than 15 days and since buried in Hamam Markote area of Dangiwachi, Rafiabad in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The militant Muzaffar Ahmad Mir was killed in a gunfight with government forces in Dooniwari forests on Aug 08 along with four other associates and were buried on Aug 9.
“The body of Muzafar Ahmad Mir son of Bashir Ahmad Mir of Astanpora, Langate was exhumed Saturday late in the afternoon from the graveyard of Hamam Markote and handed over to his family” the official
“The body was completely decomposed due to seeping of water in the graveyard. we have received the body and would be buried at the ancestral graveyard,” a relative told.
The exhumation of the body followed submission of an application by the family before the concerned District Magistrate after they saw pictures of Muzafar through social media and later at the concerned police station.
The family also provided DNA samples as part of the procedure for establishing the identity.
The DNA report was received by the authorities last evening and the family was subsequently informed.
After funeral possession of slain militant clashes erupted in area.
Meanwhile, in wake of the exhumation of the body, authorities snapped internet services in parts of Handwara as a “precautionary measure”. A complete spontaneous shutdown was observed in Kralgund and Langate areas to mourn the death of Muzaffar.
