SRINAGAR: The decomposed our bodies of two Kashmiri brothers reported lacking since Feb 13 together with a 3rd individual had been discovered three days aside in a river in J&Okay’s Kulgam district, round 70km south of Srinagar.
Showkat Ahmad Bajad’s putrefied corpse was found on Sunday at Vishaw, near the place his brother Riyaz’s physique had been discovered on March 13, police stated.
There may be nonetheless no hint of Mukhtar Ahmad Awan of Partapora village, a relative of the brothers who had accompanied them to a marriage within the Mir Bazar space of the identical district the day all three went lacking. The trio labored in a brick kiln.
Investigators stated the brothers might have died by suicide, primarily based on forensic knowledgeable Dr Azia Manzoor Bhat’s conclusion that the state of Riyaz’s physique indicated he drowned. Bhat informed reporters in Kulgam that the case “doesn’t look homicidal in nature”.
PDP member Talib Hussain, who was on the web site when Showkat’s physique was discovered, accused police of baton-charging mourners once they questioned how investigators arrived at suicide as the reason for demise.
“How did they drown in a river when the water level was so low?” Hussain stated. “We demand a judicial probe into the case.”
Tribal villagers carried Showkat’s physique to the freeway and staged an indication.
DIG (South Kashmir) Javid Iqbal Matoo stated he would examine allegations of police harassment, however insisted that there was no indication but of foul play within the deaths. “There are no torture signs on the bodies. Investigators are looking at all possibilities.”
NDRF and SDRF groups are scouring the world for the third lacking individual.
