The 32-year old man was found in an open field in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday.
The body of Shahnawaz Ahmed Khan S/O Ghulam Rasool Khan was lying in an open field near Supernaghama in Qaziabad, Kralgund area of Handwara. The body had visible marks of injury.
Soon after getting the information about the body lying in the area, a police officer told news agency GNS that a team headed by SHO Kralgund was rushed and took it in custody for postmortem and other legal medico formalities.
After completion of legal formalities, the body of the deceased was handed over to his relatives for last rites.
A case FIR number 10 under section 302 RPC, 7/27 IA Act was registered and investigation was taken up.
Meanwhile, a close relative of the deceased man told that Khan in last year’s unrest had received a bullet injury in his left leg and was undergoing treatment at SKIMS Soura for two months.
Khan, a tractor driver by profession was also about one year in jail post 2010 agitation, the relative added. (GNS)