Srinagar: Thousands of people on Wednesday evening participated in the funeral of two Lashker-e-Toiba militants and a “civilian” killed in a gunfight at Fateh Kadal here.
Reports said that thousands of people turned up in the funeral of the trio who were carried to Eidgah in a procession from respective residences, Fateh Kadal and Khaniyar.
The trio were killed in the “gunfight” that that according to police ensued after militants fired by a joint team of police and CRPF at Syed Ali Akbar area of Fatehkadal .
“During the encounter all the two (militants) and their active accomplice refused to come out of the house and in turn fired upon the search party. Consequently they were killed in the encounter. The eliminated (militants) and the active accomplice have been identified as Mehraj-ud-Din Bangroo, Fahad Mushtaq Waza and Rayees Ahmad (sic),” a police spokesman said. However, family of Rayees has contested the police claim.
