Srinagar, 15 June (KNS): Thousands of people Wednesday attended the funeral prayers of Tanvir Sultan Sheikh who was killed in Kud “gunfight” on Monday.
Family sources told KNS that the body of Tanveer was handed over to the family in the wee hours of this morning.
Eye-witnesses said that Tanveer’s funeral procession was held at Bemina at his residential place where thousands of people took participation and after that the gathering mostly youth accompanied the body of the slain youth from his residential place, Bemina to martyr’s graveyard Batamaloo.
Witnesses said that his second funeral procession was held at Dandirkhah Batamaloo, which was also attended by the thousands of people.
Tanveer was buried in martyr’s graveyard Batamaloo where his elder brother Gowhar Sultan, Divisional Commander of Tehreek-ul-Mujahiiden, is buried.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
The people accompanying Tanveer’s body were chanting pro-freedom and pro-Islam slogans.
Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in strength in the area to thwart any possible protest.
On Tuesday, the government said that Tanvir was a militant and that he was killed in a shoot-out with police and paramilitary forces.
Nonetheless, family contested the claims stating that how an active militant can stay freely at home.
“Tanvir was innocent. He was travelling to Amritsar for medical check-up,” family said. (KNS)