This story is from November 20, 2018

Kashmir in dread of abductions, 8th in 2 weeks

Kashmir in dread of abductions, 8th in 2 weeks
Key Highlights
  • Four Militants Killed; Separatist Shot Dead in South Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The spate of kidnappings by militants in J&K has spread dread across the valley. Yet another youth, Parvaiz Ahmad Wani of Batmuran Wanpora in Shopian, was abducted on Tuesday. And though he was released, it wasn't before terrorists put a bullet through his leg. This came even as the body of a 23-year old youth was recovered from Brass area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district the same day, taking the number of such abductions to eight in the last two weeks.
The body of Fayaz Ahmad Dar, 23, was recovered from Arizal, Brass, after locals spotted it hanging from a walnut tree.
A police officer confirmed the incident and said that police teams have been rushed to the spot.
Just last Saturday, terrorists slit the throat of 19-year-old Huzaif Ashraf after he was abducted “on charges of being an Army informer”. The body was found at an orchard in Hermain village, south Kashmir. Ashraf was a resident of Manzgam in the neighbouring Kulgam district. Earlier, terrorists had abducted and later killed Nadeem Manzoor, a resident of Safanagri area on Thursday night last week.
Hizbul Mujahedeen commander Riyaz Naikoo, in an audio message released along with a video, defended Manzoor's killing, saying he was an informer of the Army.
A family in Brass that refused to be identified said, “People are living in fear as no one knows who will be abducted next and on what charges. So many have been kidnapped in the recent past and there is no sign that it will come to an end soon.”
Meanwhile, four militants were killed on Tuesday during an encounter with government forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. They have been identified as Inam-ul-Haq, Mehraj-u-din, Abid Nazi and Basharat Nengroo, all residents of Shopian. The encounter took place in Nadigam village of Shopian district. In the shoot-out, a Para commando was also killed.

Following the killing of the four militants, people, mostly the youth, took to the streets near site of the gunfight. Police and paramilitary forces deployed in the area had to use teargas shells, pellets and some live ammunition to disperse the protesters, eight of whom were injured in the incident.
Meanwhile, unidentified gunmen barged into the house of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president Hafizullah Mir in Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, and shot him dead on Tuesday. Mir was taken to the district hospital where doctors declared him brought dead. Tehreek-e-Hurriyat is led by separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, have strongly condemned what they called a “cowardly and barbaric” action by government agencies and called for a complete shutdown on Thursday and peaceful protests after Friday prayers.
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