SRINAGAR: The body recovered by police from an orchard in Dangam area of Shopian district has been identified as that of a missing Panch from Khonmoh area.
Official sources told news agency GNS that the body was buried and was spotted by some passersby who informed the police. Later a police team reached the spot and recovered it, they said.
“The body has been identified to be that of the Panch Nissar Ahmad Bhat of Khonmoh,” they said.
The family had already filed a report with the police, stating that Bhat left for Shopian on August 19 and was missing since then.
Last week militants release the audio in which they claimed to have killed the panch and “did not return the body due to COVID-19 pandemic.” Police declined to comment on the purported audio.
