<p>The body of a policeman, who was abducted by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, was found on Friday morning in neighbouring Kulgam district.</p>.<p>Javaid Ahmad Dar (27) was abducted around 9.30 pm on Thursday from his home in Shopian district’s Vehil village by two to three militants, police said. A manhunt was launched soon after the incident, with teams of the police, special operations group and army setting up security checkpoints.<br /><br />However, the bullet-riddled body of the constable was recovered from Pariwan village of Kulgam district at 7 am on Friday. Police said Dar was shot in the head. It is the third such incident over the past more than a month in south Kashmir.<br /><br />On June 14, militants abducted an army man, Aurangzeb, from Kalampora village of Pulwama. The soldier, on leave for Eid, was travelling in a car to Shopian when militants blocked the way and took him away. His body was later recovered from Gusoo village of the district.<br /><br />In a similar incident, on the same day, militants abducted a policeman from his residence in Navpora, Lassipora. He was, however, released the next day.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a cleric was shot at and injured by unidentified gunmen in Pulwama on Friday morning. A police officer said that 45-year-old Maulvi Mohammad Ashraf Thokar, a resident of Bijbehara, was fired upon by unidentified gunmen in Parigam village soon after the early morning prayers.<br /><br />Thokar received several bullet injuries and was shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar, he said.<br /><br />No militant outfit claimed responsibility for the two incidents.</p>
<p>The body of a policeman, who was abducted by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday, was found on Friday morning in neighbouring Kulgam district.</p>.<p>Javaid Ahmad Dar (27) was abducted around 9.30 pm on Thursday from his home in Shopian district’s Vehil village by two to three militants, police said. A manhunt was launched soon after the incident, with teams of the police, special operations group and army setting up security checkpoints.<br /><br />However, the bullet-riddled body of the constable was recovered from Pariwan village of Kulgam district at 7 am on Friday. Police said Dar was shot in the head. It is the third such incident over the past more than a month in south Kashmir.<br /><br />On June 14, militants abducted an army man, Aurangzeb, from Kalampora village of Pulwama. The soldier, on leave for Eid, was travelling in a car to Shopian when militants blocked the way and took him away. His body was later recovered from Gusoo village of the district.<br /><br />In a similar incident, on the same day, militants abducted a policeman from his residence in Navpora, Lassipora. He was, however, released the next day.<br /><br />Meanwhile, a cleric was shot at and injured by unidentified gunmen in Pulwama on Friday morning. A police officer said that 45-year-old Maulvi Mohammad Ashraf Thokar, a resident of Bijbehara, was fired upon by unidentified gunmen in Parigam village soon after the early morning prayers.<br /><br />Thokar received several bullet injuries and was shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar, he said.<br /><br />No militant outfit claimed responsibility for the two incidents.</p>
