January 23
Thousands of people on Wednesday morning gathered in Dragad for the funeral of slain Shams ul Haq who was killed in an encounter on Tuesday in Shopian district.
Eyewitnesses told The Kashmiriyat that women and men in large numbers have gathered at his native village where multiple rounds of funeral prayers have been offered so far.
They said that the streets are witnessing huge rush and chaos as people are rushing from one funeral to the other.
Five other Militants from Pulwama and Shopian district were killed during two separate encounters in Shopian’s Shermal and Budgam’s Charar e Sharif.