Police have buried the bodies of five militants killed in Keran encounter in Jumgund forests in Kupwara district after collecting their DNA samples.
Five militants and five army soldiers were killed in anencounter in Keran sector near the LoC on Sunday.
“Five bodies of militants have been handed over to us,” SSPKupwara Ambarkar Shriram Dinkar told the Greater Kashmir. “They have beenburied there in presence of police and locals according to Islamic rituals,” hesaid.
The SSP said that the area is “too far and not motorable.””It was not possible to bring the bodies as the weather is too adverse and itis snowing there,” he said, adding that post-mortem was carried out and DNAsamples taken. “We will deal with the families according to law after gettingthe DNA report,” he said.
The bodies of five soldiers killed in the encounter weresent to their families in different states outside J&K yesterday.
Three families from south Kashmir have claimed that theirwards are among the slain militants.
The families identified the three militants as Sartaj AhmadDar S/O Farooq Ahmad Dar R/O Hurduhanger Kulgam, Sajad Ahmad Hurra S/O MushtaqAhmad Hurra R/O Daramdora Shopian andAdil Bashir Wani S/O Bashir Ahmad Wani R/o Daramdora Shopian.
“We met SSP Kupwara on Monday who told us to come after twodays as bodies are being brought down from forest. We also visited PoliceStation Trehgam under whose jurisdiction the area falls,” Adil Bashir Wani’sbrother Tanvir Ahmad said.
Tanvir said that the SSP assured them that incase faces ofthe militants were not mutilated, they can take the bodies. “He assured us thatif we can identify then we can take the body. He also told us incase theirfaces were mutilated then further course of action will be taken after DNAtests.”
He said that it was the police that informed the familiesabout killing of their wards. “Local police station informed us about theirkillings,” Tanvir said. “Probably army has recovered a diary with numbers andthey informed the police.”
He said his brother Adil and Sajad had crossed Line ofControl in April 2018.