Dead Body Found In Shopian

Bullet-ridden body found in Shopian

Srinagar, Dec 14 (GNS): Police on Monday recovered a bullet-ridden body of a youth in Turkiwangum area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.

An official told GNS that the body of 23-yesar-old-Rasik Ahmad Khan was found tied to a pole in Turkiwangam village by the locals who after spotting him immediately informed the police.

A police team reached to the spot soon after being informed and taken the bullet ridden body for postmortem and other legal formalities.

The slain youth, a resident of Wasohallan village in the district, owned a Xerox shop outside a government school in Imam-Sahib area, he said.

After conducting all legal formalities, the police handed over the body to his family members for last rites, he said.

Meanwhile, police has registered a case and started further investigations in this regard. (GNS)