A “mentally disabled” man was shot dead by the security forces on Saturday morning at a village in south Kashmir's Shopian district, police said.
According to a police official, “At around 3 am a mentally unstable man was trying to walk into the army camp of 34 RR located at Pahnoo village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.
“Some warning shots were fired by a sentry in air but the man did not stop, he then directly fired some shots upon him, which killed him on the spot, he added.
The slain man was identified as Rayees Ahmad Wani, resident of Begam Kulgam.
Meanwhile, a sit-in protest was held by the family members and relatives of slain man along with his body at Batapora Chowk.
They were demanding for justice of the slain man and the arrest of erring army personnel. According to a family member Rayees Ahmad was missing since Friday afternoon.
Meanwhile, a lady in Khanyar locality of old Srinagar made fervent appeal to her son to shun militancy and return home, a day after his impersonated photograph posing as IS terrorist went viral on social media.
Ehtiham, a B.tech student went missing on last Sunday from his hostel at Sharda University in Greater Noida, nearly after a month, when he was assaulted during a group clash at the university between Indian and Afghani students.
A gun-wielding picture of Ehtesham along with a claiming audio message surfaced on social media.