Ganderbal: Another family from Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district has come forward claiming that one of the militants killed in Bandipora encounter as their kin and have been directed by district police officials to meet district authorities in Bandipora.
Family of Parveez Ahmad Tedwa @Abu Mawiya Son of Ghulam Nabi Tedwa resident of Hayan Palpora Kangan area of Ganderbal district Tuesday met SSP Ganderbal Khalil Poswal to lay claim over the body of a militant who were dubbed as foreign by Army after the gunfight ended at Sumlar Bandipora.
Sources said that they have been directed to meet the officials in the Bandipora to seek redressal and claim the body for proper burial of Parveez.
A family from Kulgam has already arrived in Bandipora to demand the body of their kin.
They said that the family has claimed Abu Haider as their kin. “Mashooq Ahmad, the elder brother of Bilal Ahmad alias Abu Haider said that he had crossed over the line of control in 2003,” the sources said.
Bilal, Parveez and three other militants are killed in a gunfight with government forces on Saturday.
Meanwhile, local sources in Bandipora said that a Shopian family is also arriving in the town who have claimed another slain as their kin. “The family is claiming Muhammad Umar as their son,” a local from Bandipora told The Kashmir Press.
The gunfight that began late Friday continued for two days. On the first day, two militants were killed. Three more militants were killed the next day. Police said that the militants were foreigners and were buried in Gantmulla, Baramulla.
However, on Monday, militant outfit Hizb ul-Mujahideen issued a statement and claimed that the militants killed in Bandipora gunfight were locals.
Hizb spokesperson Burhanuddin told a local news gathering agency that those killed in the gunfight were locals. “It was a group comprising five members who got trapped in Sumlar area and were killed in a long gunfight,” Burhanuddin said.
He identified them as Hyder Ali from Brazul Kulgam, Muhammad Umar from Shopian, Muhammad Sidiq from Bandipora, Mawiya from Kangan and Usman from Lolab.
