Tral gunfight: DNA test to be done to identify completely charred militant bodies

An official said the bodies oftwo militants charred beyond recognition were recovered from the site of thegunfight last night

The Jammu and Kashmir police will take help of DNA profiling toidentify the bodies of two militants completely charred during a gunfight inPinglish area of Tral last night.

   

An official said the bodies oftwo militants charred beyond recognition were recovered from the site of thegunfight last night. Locals said the house in which the militants were hidingwas razed to the ground by the forces.

He said their DNA samples have been taken to identify them.

Locals said that the father ofJaish commander Mudasir Khan and another family from Marhama are waitingoutside the police station Tral where the bodies have been kept.

Srinagar-based army spokesmanCol Rajesh Kalia in a statement yesterday said that three militants have beenkilled in the encounter. 

He said that the operation isin progress.

However, the police said thatonly two bodies have been recovered so far from the gunfight site.

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