Thousands of mourners on Wednesday accompanied the body of Sheikh Tanvir Sultan from his residence in Bemina towards the martyrs’ graveyard in Batmaloo. Tanvir was killed in a shooting in Kud area of Udhampur district of Jammu on Monday. Witnesses said that thousands of people, mostly youths, accompanied the body towards the graveyard where Tanvir elder brother, who was a militant commander, is buried as well. The mourners, according to witnesses, were shouting slogans in favour of Kashmir’s freedom and Islam. Police and paramilitary forces, they said, have deployed in…
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