Family from Shopian claims militant’s body killed in Thanamandi area.

SHYAM SOOD
Police collects samples for DNA matching…..
For the second consecutive day the search and destroy operation remained continued in the forested area of Panghai village where the security forces on Friday had killed two terrorists.
Reliable sources said that contact was also established today with the hiding terrorists and after a brief exchange of fire, it was stopped.
Senior police and Army officers remained present in Panghai village till late evening hours and the entire area is under the cordon of security forces.
The police have claimed that on intelligence reports about the presence of two foreign terrorists along with 2-3 local militants a joint operation was launched on the intervening night of August 5 & 6.
Meanwhile, after the photos of the slain militants went viral on social media networks, a family along with relatives from Shopian district reached Thananamdni today and claimed the body of one of the slain terrorist.
In this connection the police, including senior officers have maintained silence and nothing has been disclosed to the media persons here at Rajouri.
Even the police didn’t allow the family to meet the local scribes at Tahanamandi.
According to reliable sources, the police have collected the samples of the family members to match with the DNA samples of the slain militant claimed by the family reportedly identified as Rameez Ahmed Tantray of Jamnagri in Shopian district.
“The samples for DNA matching were collected by a team of doctors from GMC&AH Rajouri including Dr.Shazia Choudhary, Pathologist and Dr. Javed Iqbal, Demonstrator Forensic Medicines” said Dr. Mehmood, Medical Superintendent, GMC&AH.
Rameez was missing from the home since 2018 and in this connection a missing report was lodged in the concerned police station.