J&K administration has decided to bury the killed militants at isolated places in view of Covid19. It said families of the slain militants will be provided passes by concerned Deputy Commissioners to participate in the last rites in presence of Magistrates.
Sources said the J&K administration has taken strongnote of huge gatherings at the funerals of militants in Arwani, DH Pora andSopore areas recently during lockdown.
They said health authorities also took note of theseincidents as there were apprehensions of transmission of coronavirus.
They said the administration has decided to conduct burialof militants at safer and isolated places during which proper procedure ofburials will be followed such as conduct of Post Mortem and lifting DNA samplesof killed militants prior to their burial in accordance with religious customs.
Sources said that the families who identify and claim thebodies of killed militants are being provided passes by concerned DCs in orderto facilitate their participation in last rites in presence of Magistrates.
They said the same procedure was earlier followed at centralKashmir’s Ganderbal district where respective families participated in lastrites of three killed militants.
According to sources, unidentified militants are also beingburied in accordance with the religious customs in presence of Magistrates.