Srinagar
Thousands of people Sunday participated in the multiple-funeral prayers of slain civilian Sajad Ahmad Rather in Dooru area of South Kashmir’s Islamabad district.
Despite the ban on internet and amid restrictions, several thousand people poured onto streets as the body of slain civilian were lifted the scenes were poignant amid the chanting of pro-freedom slogans, hailing the “martyr.”
They said that thousands are still pouring in at Dooru to get last glimpses of the slain civilian.
Woman sang eulogies “tera bayee, mera bayee, Sajad bayee Sameer bayee, wala myani shahedo, bochh ma lajee (come my martyr, you might be hungry).
Scores of men and women wept bitterly as the body was being carried towards its final resting place.
Earlier in an encounter at Badigam village of Shopian Five militants and Five civilians were killed.