Police Wednesday recovered the bullet-riddled body of a man in Pattan area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.
The deceased whom police identified as Zakir Hussain Badoo son of Ghulam Ahmad Badoo resident of Mehmoodpora, Pattan was running a medical shop at Waylo Tangmarg. He according to his family had gone missing from Waylo area on Tuesday evening.
SSP Baramulla Mir Imtiyaz Hussain told CNS that initial reports have proven that the man was abducted and killed by militants.
“We recovered his body that had gunshot wounds in the chest. Post-mortem of the deceased was conducted. We have registered a case and investigation has been taken up,” he said.