Militants have released the brother of a police officer who had been abducted by them from his Kulgam based residence here in South Kashmir.
Gowhar Ahmed Malik, a resident of Kathpora Kulgam who happens to be the brother of a DSP rank police officer was picked up by a couple of gunmen on Thursday night.
Besides Gowhar Ahmed Malik, militants on Thursday night had abducted four other relatives of policemen.
Reports said that a large number of people visited the house of Gowhar Ahmed Malik and enquired about his well-being. Without elaborating anything, Gowhar Ahmed told to media that a couple of gunmen picked him up on Thursday night and this time they released him for home.